Police follow speeding e-bike on Route 4 bike trail

Heard on: Sangamon County Public Safety

01:57

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Now chasing it.

00:01

E-bike, two JVBs, about 45 miles an hour, southbound Route 4, turning onto Cottonwood Drive.

00:09

Ten four.

00:12

Looks like they just hit through two, or they went through two houses, probably going back to the bike trail.

00:23

Ten four.

00:31

It looks like they went northbound on the bike trail there.

00:43

Ten four.

00:53

3507, I'm on the south part of the bike trail.

00:57

I'll drive down there, see if I see anybody.

01:02

You on the walnut side or Ravinia side?

01:06

Walnut side.

01:09

10-4, I'm wrapping around to the Ravinia side.

01:20

The problem is they keep going north.

01:23

I can't get back over that bridge, which last time they ran from me they went north on the bridge there.

01:34

And they have lights on it because those I see a red light further north.

01:41

It just had a back light on it and then when it took off down Cottonwood they turned their headlight on.

01:51

Ten four. I'll probably get to the bridge before you all let you know if they're still going north.

2026-09-13 01:02 UTC

Traffic

State Rte 4 & Cottonwood Dr, Chatham, IL 62629

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers reportedly pursued an e-bike with two juvenile riders traveling at high speed southbound on Route 4 near Cottonwood Drive, then northbound along a nearby bike trail. Units repositioned near Walnut and Ravinia to try to intercept the riders.