Person in wheelchair without lights on highway creates hazard, Varna IL
TrafficA person in an electric wheelchair was traveling on Highway 17 near Dollar General in Varna without lights, creating a traffic hazard. Deputies checked the area but could not find the person. The individual was last seen sitting in the Dollar General parking lot preparing to continue on the highway.
Audio|Source: LaSalle, Marshall, Bureau and Putnam Counties Fire and EMS Departments
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Transcript:
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I'm sitting up here at Dollar General in Varna with a UPS driver, had a dude in an electric wheelchair riding down Illinois Route 17 with no lights on or anything, and he called it, I guess he called it in, and he was trying to figure out how far out you guys were.
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We had a deputy checked the area and he was unable to locate the wheelchair.
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He's currently sitting in Dollar General parking lot, getting ready to head back out onto 17.
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UPS driver is or the wheelchair? Oh, the dude with the wheelchair. We pulled in the Dollar General and they thought we were responding to it.
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But yeah, he's trying to go back on to 17 to go take his wheelchair to Varna.
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Therefore, we'll have somebody to respond.
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Near IL-17, Varna, IL 61375
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