Local law enforcement officers help clean up the Ohio River When Some cold cases this week. Members of the Hamilton County Police Association’s dive and recovery team are working with Living Lands and Waters to remove vehicles from the water.
The nonprofit Karrie Shazer said she arrived in the area last Friday with a barge and an excavator and has already pulled nine vehicles out of the water. Divers used sonar to locate the sunken car and marked it with a buoy. Schaser says they marked about 20 points.
The partnership began with tornadoes in Kentucky and Indiana last December. Shaser says he knew there was a lot of debris in Kentucky Lake along the Tennessee River.
“Living Lands and Waters got down there with excavator barges and small tugs to try and remove as much stuff as possible,” she says.
She says they pulled 1.2 million pounds of debris from the water.
“We realized there was a lot of invisible debris under the water, so we organized a diving event,” Schaeser said in May, inviting diving teams from around the country to help identify underwater debris. Is called. Divers from the Hamilton County Police Association came to their aid.
“After the event… I said, ‘Let me know if you need anything else.’ Immediately, they were like, ‘Actually…'”
Schaeser said the two groups have since worked together to extract the vehicle. “Our mission is kind of unified. is.
Schaeser said the vehicle is usually by a boat ramp where it can easily roll into the river. “When you pull it out of the water, look for a VIN number, a license plate, or some other way to identify the car. Is this a stolen car? Was someone killed?”
She states that nothing has been cracked so far.
Shazer said Tuesday they recovered a minivan with Tennessee plates. “It had nothing to do with it. Anything could have happened.” She says the search could mean someone’s closure.
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For Living Lands and Waters, this commitment means cleaning rivers. “The main hazard is all hazardous waste – fuel, oil, diesel, gas. It’s a big thing and just sitting there slows you down to get away.”
Scheiser said they try to keep the cars intact during the cleanup to prevent further pollution. She says she installed a boom to contain any leaks.
“Wildlife, they’re going to suffer from it. And all the people drinking from Ohio,” she says. “The more information we can get, the better the results.”
Clean up should be finished on Wednesday or Thursday.
