Truck hits viaduct near Kensington station, Chicago IL
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a truck struck a viaduct near the 115th Street Kensington Station in Chicago. The structure was reported to be leaning. A bridge inspector was dispatched, and train traffic was stopped until the site could be checked by an officer. No injuries were reported at the time.
Audio|Heard on: Woodford IL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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01:52
Transcript:
00:00
Headed to Metra 96, Metra 76.
00:04
Put it 1050.
00:09
Go for 96.
00:12
It's going to be over at the 115th Street Kensington station, near 115th Street.
00:21
115th Street Kensington station.
00:24
(name withheld) with CN Railroad is our complainant advisor.
00:28
They got a report from Chicago that a truck hit a viaduct and that this structure is leaning.
00:34
Unknown injuries at this time.
00:36
They do have a bridge inspector en route, 60-minute ETA.
00:40
And he also advised that Chicago emailed him this information.
00:46
He gave 115 in Kensington as the location.
00:52
Ten four. Is the truck still on scene?
00:56
I don't have that information.
01:00
10-4, I'll be en route.
01:02
20 minute ETA.
01:04
10-4.
01:07
Sam 12, are they saying this happened right at the Kensington station?
01:12
Stand by one.
01:13
Trying to get further from the call taker.
01:16
Copy Sam 12.
01:19
Go ahead.
01:21
Okay, we have nothing further other than what the complainant gave us.
01:25
So we don't know if the truck is there or we don't know if this is violent.
01:28
On a fight again, they received this information via email from Chicago.
01:32
And we are trying to make clarification with train dispatch, and they're asking if they should stop the train at this point.
01:43
Um, yeah, ten four.
01:44
Until we can get an officer on scene to verify what the status is,
01:48
we'll just stop trains for now.
01:51
Ten four, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Kensington, S Front Ave, Chicago, IL 60628
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
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