Pursuit of suspect vehicle on I-294 southbound near Roosevelt, Bureau County IL


Officers pursued a suspect vehicle on I-294 southbound near Roosevelt Road. They coordinated to deploy spikes to stop the vehicle, with support from an aircraft overhead. The pursuit occurred near the express lanes south of Ogden where lanes merge.
Audio|Source: Illinois State Police Troops 1,2,3,4,5
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Transcript:
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If it commits to southbound 294, we're going to hop on behind it.
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3.3.2.2.2.2.2-7-4? 2.3-74?
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Yes,
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I-88.
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294, Southbound, past IDA.
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The, 294, the...
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Callers advising they're in the counterflow lanes, counterflow lanes on the left side.
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All right, what does counterflow mean? Does that mean express or locals? Slipper amp what?
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Express.
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All right, we're waiting at the express down just south of Ogden, because they merge back together.
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So we have an ability to kind of narrow the roadway for them and the express here.
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For our vehicles, I-294 southbound passing Roosevelt Road.
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To me, I'm in the black car.
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I'll be able to actually stop it and force it into the lane one of Express.
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If you want to drop some spikes,
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you're protected by the Jersey barrier there.
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1999, true three, we've got eyes on it overhead.
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Bureau County, IL
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