Railroad crossing gates stuck down at stony island, Chicago IL
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, railroad crossing gates at 71st and Stony Island are stuck down without a train present. Vehicles have been driving around the gates, but a train is now at the crossing, activating the gates correctly.
Audio|Heard on: Woodford IL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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County to the unit at 71st and Jeffery Boulevard, to be advised, we're getting calls for 71st and Stony Island, that the gates are down with no train in the area, and CBD is also calling to notify us of that as well, also advising that vehicles are now going around the gates.
00:19
173, County.
00:20
173. All right, the vehicle has been removed from the track.
00:23
All right, 10-4. Did you copy my earlier traffic?
00:25
We did, county.
00:27
We'll have someone go look at it, but there is a train sitting down.
00:29
That's why those gates are activated.
00:30
10-4.
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Location mentioned:
S Stony Island Ave & E 71st St, Chicago, IL 60649
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