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Initial traffic surge followed by relative morning calm in Meridian

Crowds gathered Saturday, Oct. 5 at the Butler Farm Show grounds for former President Donald Trump’s return to the venue where he was grazed by a bullet in July. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle

BUTLER TWP — The smell of hot dogs and anticipation was in the air in the Meridian neighborhood in the predawn hours on Saturday, as early birds looking to park inside the Butler Farm Show grounds made their way to the Buttercup Road entrance for the second Trump rally at the venue.

At morning light, at 6 a.m., cars sat bumper-to-bumper on Meridian, Buttercup, Kreiss and Whitestown roads waiting their turn to enter the rally parking lot.

Meridian Road was blocked from Deer Run Road to the Sheetz entrance. State police cruisers and Butler Township Fire District trucks ensured no vehicles entered that stretch of road. Many cars entered Deer Run Road to turn around and head south on Meridian.

A state trooper blocking Meridian Road at Deer Run would not comment on why that section of road was blocked.

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