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SR-179 in Tooele County closed in both direction after 'police incident'

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State Route 179 in Tooele County has been closed in both directions after an unknown police incident. Officials with the Utah Department of Transportation said the road was closed from Interstate 80 to the north and Sheeps Lane in Erda. Details about the nature of the police incident were not available.

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