Car accident causes road closures and traffic rerouting, Chicago IL
TrafficA car accident near Pulaski Rd caused multiple road closures and forced traffic rerouting. Police managed the traffic flow, directing vehicles and buses to open streets. Tow trucks were coordinated as needed, and certain streets were closed to east-west travel but open for north-south travel to ease congestion.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 10
05:29
Transcript:
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I thought 31st Street was closed because of the car accident.
00:02
So is 31st Street, they are letting them go west?
00:05
Test select. Okay, Charlie George, 300.
00:07
You could send them to 31st Street and then they could go west.
00:10
Charlie George 300.
00:11
I am speaking of coming southbound, John Pulaski.
00:14
I need to know what is the nearest street crossing on 26 that is open.
00:20
They said they're telling me Coster is closed.
00:21
Some of them are telling me that Cicero is closed.
00:23
Can we get somebody there to let us know where we can send them to cross southbound?
00:27
100. We will get somebody over at Ogden to start pushing that traffic west.
00:32
If they want to start telling those people that we can go west on Ogden towards,
00:35
which would be Cicero, that's perfectly fine.
00:38
We will get somebody over to start pushing that traffic that way.
00:40
99, thank you.
00:41
No problem.
00:42
All right, for whatever unit wanted the tow truck to go to near Ridgeway, the event detail said that they're not, Streets and Sand doesn't have a tow truck over there anymore, and that if you want to order towed, you have to call the ad desk for each vehicle you want toad, that they don't have any tow trucks detailed over there anymore.
00:59
1064. I'm sorry, 1044.
01:01
1044.
01:02
Tocross has a broad.
01:03
Toe truck's on scene, 10.4.
01:04
Ten hundred.
01:06
Ten hundred.
01:07
All right, squad, here's what we're going to do.
01:09
We're going to open up 26 in Pulaski,
01:12
so any traffic coming from the north or the south can flow easily north and south.
01:17
We are going to just no eastbound and no westbound on 26 right now.
01:22
But anything north and south is going to be accessible.
01:23
So we'll be opening it up right now.
01:25
All right, 10.4.
01:26
For units on 26th Street, we're going to open up north and southbound on Pulaski at 26 so that cars can go north and southbound.
01:35
But again, east and west is still closed on 26.
01:38
Nothing's allowed east or west on 26th Street, but Pulaski's open north and south.
01:42
Is that 26th and Troy coming in?
01:44
26 inch trip, because you know if I'm myself on my body camera dice.
01:48
Okay, what's your star number?
01:49
5-8-15. All right, 10.07.
01:53
1007 for another notification.
01:55
10.07, David, I let your all.
01:57
10.07, I got it.
01:58
1040. Charlie George 312.
02:00
Charlie George 312. Charlie George 312.
02:01
Yeah, I have a CTA bus over at near Pulaski.
02:04
They're headed north.
02:05
Is Pulaski and 26 you're going to open up north of Pulaski, you said earlier? Yeah, so Pulaski is about to open up, but they just won't be able to go east or west on 26, but they can go north or south on Pulaski.
02:18
Perfect, thank you.
02:19
1134. 1134.
02:20
Can you show us relocated with a caller to the near Ardington? She doesn't know the exact address, so we're going to go over there and try to see if the father's home was child.
02:29
All right, near West Arthington.
02:31
We'll show you going over there, 1637.
02:33
134.10.4.10.4.
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1011 for info.
02:35
11. You had a commercial alarm at near West 24th Street in a Parker, 1242 South Springfield.
02:41
Are you still on those or what's going on?
02:43
14-pulled the alarm and 19-pulled at Parker.
02:47
10-4[1]th.
02:48
The release here yet?
02:50
Last unit coming in.
02:52
Ten. Ten ten.
02:53
Ten. When 34 clears up from 31st and sister row, have them come over here to Ogden and Kossner when I haven't blocked traffic on South Town.
03:02
All right, 1034.
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10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).
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N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL
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