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Large group of cars violates traffic rules in ChicagoChicago IL

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W 87th St & Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620

A large group of about 200 vehicles is driving on the wrong side of the street in Chicago, ignoring traffic signals and potentially putting others at risk. A small black car leading the group is emitting smoke, and there are concerns about dangerous driving behavior.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 09
03:55
Transcript:
Good evening coming in. We have at least 200 cars going eastbound in 87th Street towards Ashland. For officer safety, it's about 200 vehicles that's headed eastbound on 87 towards Ashland. Again, for officer safety about 200 vehicles heading eastbound. on 87th towards Ashland. 2243. 243. 243. 243. We got a large group disregarding traffic control devices 99th and Hamilton. Probably part of the same group at least 10 in 15 cars. And 2243 is called now the large group that's disregarding lights, 9-9 and Halstick. What direction are they going? No, 99th and Hamilton, for they're going eastbound. 99 in Hamilton going eastbound. 10. About how many? 10 to 15. Oh, there's more. Probably 50. 10 for about 50 that's disregarding lights 99 in Hamilton. 241. 2241. 2241. Eastbound on 8.8 in Beverly, you can add about 20 extra cars. There are multiple cars disregarding signals. Time forward. It's about 20 more that's going eastbound 88th in Beverly that's disregarding signals. And again, for officer safety, there's a large group caravan out there. Eastbound 88th and Beverly. We've got 9-9 in Hamilton. Eastbound 8.7 and Ashland. Just be careful out there. We've got a car going on the roadside of the street, 87 eastbound from Ashland. He's spraying some type of smoke out. You know, that's not a vehicle that's going eastbound from 87th and Ashland on the wrong side of traffic. sprang some type of smoke. Can we get a make and model of the vehicle? Then catch you got hit with smoke. This is a small black sedan. 104. It's a small black sedan. 87 eastbound from Ashen on the wrong side of this traffic. What unit is calling out that vehicle? 21. 1. 2221. 104. You're not pursuing it. Negative, not for sure. 2nd4. 22L2 Sam. 22L2 Sam. He's going eastbound now. He went north on Vincennes and then he went east-end and then he went east under the bridge. 10-4[1] and every... vehicle that was on the opposite side of the street went north on Vincennes and now eastbound under the bridge. 221. The large car car car car is following that car, so they went northbound on 87th in Vincennes and then they're going under the Bidoc and continuing eastbound. 10-4. So the large group is following that a small black sedan that was going on the wrong side of the street. Northbound Vincennes, and then under the right dock on eastbound.
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W 87th St & Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60620

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