Person on railroad trestle over highway may be in crisis, Western Springs IL
Medical EmergencyAuthorities are responding to a person reportedly on a railroad trestle over highway I-294 in Western Springs. The person may be experiencing a mental health crisis or attempting self-harm. Drones are being used to assist, and there is consideration of temporarily shutting down traffic for safety.
Audio|Source: Will and DuPage Counties Police/Fire
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Transcript:
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We were at earlier. News the message situation. I look happy. It looks like they might have them at the Overpass 47th and 294. I got me. People are fighting.
00:29
We're trying to get further. When they're not quack grading, we're trying to get further. Unknown 28, it's going to be a gray Durango.
00:57
Yeah, okay, now they're saying that he's on a railroad trestle over 294. Okay, hey, John, are you on local? Try to move the drone away? Yeah, go ahead. The traffic on local. The chief is with Western Springs and they're reporting he might be on the railroad trestle. Can you get there with the drone?
01:24
And then Spring Rock Park will be thrown it up in a second. All right, I'm going to get up on the railroad tracks. Let's see if I can see anything. Is there any sense of urgency here to shut down traffic temporarily or not turning to any floor or no? Just workers that were working on HVACs, they can't remember that disarm could, and they were trying to get a hold of the keyhole in which they got.
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I-294, Western Springs, IL
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