Broken utility pole with low-hanging wires on IL 115

Heard on: Kankakee IL Fire-Tac Group Calls

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00:00

Yeah, I'm at (number withheld) and (number withheld).

00:03

I have nothing down.

00:05

Did they give you any more description on 115? There's one kind of hanging.

00:11

Okay, 218.

00:14

Yeah, go ahead.

00:16

The only description we have at this time, sir, is the wires are not down, but they're low hanging and the pole is broken.

00:25

All right, Jim, I'm up on (number withheld).

00:28

I'll go a little east here on 115 and see.

00:33

10-(number withheld).

00:34

Kankakee, Kankakee

00:38

18.

00:40

18? Yeah, it's gonna be half pole halfway up, snap, wires are connected.

00:47

The half mile east of (number withheld).

00:53

If you want to get all the comment, all the wires are connected, everything's good, we're gonna clear.

01:00

Ten four, I'll notify ComEd.

01:04

Okay, ten four.

01:05

Let them know everything's hooked.

01:07

Just the pole's kind of snapped halfway up.

9/6/2026 04:43 PM

Utility Hazard

IL-115, Buckingham, IL 60917

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, responders checked a possible utility hazard on or near IL 115 in Buckingham, Illinois, where a pole was reported broken halfway up with low-hanging wires still connected. They confirmed no wires were down and planned to notify the utility company.