Bike Sparks Scare At Ohio University
Buildings Reopen on Campus
March 2, 2006
ATHENS, Ohio — Authorities in Athens said that they were investigating a mountain bike that put the Ohio University campus on high alert Thursday morning.
Athens Acting Fire Chief Ken Gilbraith said that the bike had a sticker on it that said, “This bike is a pipe bomb.” He said the university police discovered it overnight, parked outside a campus restaurant.
OU closed four buildings, police blocked streets around the Oasis restaurant, the fire department brought in off-duty firefighters, and the Columbus fire department’s bomb squad was called in.
Gilbraith said the bomb experts attacked the bike with a high-pressure spray of water, then pried it open with a hydraulic tool and found no bomb inside.
The university remained in session throughout the incident. The four buildings were reopened by 9 a.m.
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