Train Blocks First Avenue Causing Traffic Diversion, Bureau County IL
TrafficA stationary train is blocking First Avenue in Bureau County, Illinois, causing officers to divert traffic. Law enforcement is working to manage traffic flow and coordinate access for emergency vehicles. Some roads were briefly blocked but have since been cleared to allow traffic movement. About 70 protesters remain in the area, and officers are preparing to respond as needed.
Audio|Source: Illinois State Police, IDOT, EMA and LaSalle County Sheriff
01:57
Transcript:
00:00
There's a train that's not moving on First Avenue.
00:03
I'll have to divert further east to Thatcher and come around.
00:11
Peter from Command, what road is being blocked that you guys are holding in?
00:19
Maybrook Drive was being blocked by the sheriffs, but I just told them to move and they're out of the way now.
00:26
Okay, time for.
00:31
Park from pending, do you guys, do you just want guys to get geared up and everything, or are we going somewhere quick or what?
00:39
No,
00:41
just gear up and be prepared to deploy.
00:47
Roger.
00:50
Are you on scene?
00:55
Yeah, Tulis, Peter and I are both here, R.O.3 here.
00:59
We've got one of the trucks, so we're going to start getting people signed into teams.
01:04
Okay, it looks like there's about 70 protesters left.
01:09
ISPN County have backed off, back to their cars.
01:13
They're going to open up traffic and see how it plays out from there.
01:21
Clark from Peter.
01:24
Go ahead.
01:27
Blocking the road,
01:29
instead of just having them keep driving back and forth, can you see if there's a county guy who can authorize them to not block Maybrook Drive so we can get in and out?
01:44
Is that a Mark car? Can you see a number on the car?
01:52
Yeah, it's 1552, 1552, two patrolmen.
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