# works
print $ref->{incident}->{'GDOT-INC-260089'}->{location}->{county}->{content} . "\n";
# doesnt work
print $ref->{'incident'}->[0];

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print $ref->{incident}->[0]->{location}->{county}->{content} . "\n";

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my @sorted_keys = sort keys %{$ref->{incident}};

for my $incid ( @sorted_keys ) {
   # do something with $$ref{incident}{incid} ...
}