Traffic & Transit
Bomb Squad Clears Explosive Device Found In Gilroy Roadway
Santa Teresa Boulevard was closed between Day Road and Fitzgerald Avenue due to a "suspicious object" in the road on Tuesday.
GILROY, CA — Santa Teresa Boulevard in Gilroy was reopened on Tuesday night after a Santa Clara County bomb squad determined that an explosive device found in the roadway was safe.
Shortly before 5 p.m., the Gilroy Police Department sent out an alert stating that Santa Teresa Boulevard was closed in both directions between Day Road and Fitzgerald Avenue due to a “suspicious object” in the road.
Around 8 p.m., the department said the road was back open.
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