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Detail Incident Report <br />back to Ellensburg. <br />I had one heavy snowplow remain at the roadblock which was set up at Vantage Hwy <br />and Parke Creek road. The roadblock was established to keep any further <br />motorists from traveling east and becoming victims and/or complicating the <br />rescue mission. The plow driver was to wait for the second Deans Towing truck. <br />When the Tow truck arrived, it was to follow the plow as far as MP -17 recovering <br />stranded motorists passed by the first team. Remove those motorists (3 total I <br />believe) and then return to the west. I did not want the second team traveling <br />any further east as I did not want the two teams to meet on the roadway. <br />I do not have an accurate count of vehicles and/or passengers inside those <br />vehicles (There were men, women and children). I believe that approximately 8-10 <br />cars were recovered from the drifted roadway and 3-4 semi -trucks were assisted <br />by clearing the roadway so they could continue to Vantage where they would wait <br />out the storm/road closure. Once in Vantage, we picked up more vehicles stranded <br />there and as a caravan, traveled back west toward Ellensburg. <br />The caravan consisted of 1 heavy snowplow leading, 1 patrol car, 16 misc. <br />vehicles, 1 Tow truck and taking up drag was the second patrol truck. The <br />caravan was escorted back to about MP -12 where they then made their way back to <br />Ellensburg. No one was reported injured during this incident. <br />KCSO: <br />* Cpl. Green and Dep. Berg <br />* Dep. Kivi (roadblock) <br />* Misc. Reserve Deputies (roadblock) <br />KCPW: <br />* Jim Vandeventer <br />* Ryan Berg <br />* John Bugni <br />* Zach Peebles <br />* 2nd unknown plow driver. <br />Note: Zach Peebles did an excellent job leading the way for the 1 st team and <br />caravan out. He recognized the difficulty with the white-out conditions, moved <br />at a slow pace and kept in visual contact with my vehicle. When visibility was <br />at its worst, he left strategic trails of sand to mark the roadway. The mission <br />could not have been completed without his assistance. <br />Deans Towing: <br />Page 3 of 5 <br />rplwdir.0 02/14/19 <br />