COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Interstate 75 in Cobb County was shut down for hours during the Friday rush hour over a “suspicious item.”
NewsChopper 2 watched as Cobb County Bomb Squad’s robot picked up the item and loaded it onto a containment truck.
A containment truck then removed the item from the interstate.
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Cobb County police later identified the object as “a section of pipe with threaded end caps and what appeared to be wires attached to each end.”
“After inspection by Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians, it was determined that the pipe was empty and contained no hazardous materials,” the police department said in a news release.
The interstate was shut down between Delk Road and Windy Hill Road for more than two hours.
Georgia Department of Transportation cameras in the area showed several fire trucks and police cruisers blocking off a part of the interstate.
Channel 2 Action News followed the process of collecting and removing the item LIVE during Channel 2 Action News at 5:00 p.m.
NewsChopper 2 followed the containment truck to a nearby parking lot.
“At this time, it is not known how the pipe came to be on the roadway, who placed it there, or whether it was done intentionally, the police department said. ”The decision to close the roadway was made out of an abundance of caution to ensure the safety of the motoring public."
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