Deputies check on possible crash near Gerber Rd, Edwardsville IL
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As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies investigated a possible traffic accident detected near Gerber Road and Lee Drive. The alert came from a phone's crash detection system, but a follow-up call with a male revealed the phone had fallen from a moving vehicle and there was no actual crash.
Audio|Heard on: Madison IL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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113, can you copy a possible traffic accident?
00:04
113, go ahead.
00:05
I have an open line for iPhone crash detection saying near Gerber Road.
00:11
Near Gerber Rd.
00:13
It's at the corner of Gerber and Lee Drive.
00:16
No one's answering in the background.
00:19
113, you're out.
00:20
113.
00:21
Okay, go ahead.
00:23
The open line disconnected.
00:24
On callback, a male by the name of (name withheld) answered.
00:27
Said that phone was on the back of his friend's vehicle when they took off.
00:30
It looks like they're now traveling southbound Gerber.
00:34
If you could just check the area and advise.
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Location mentioned:
Gerber Rd, Edwardsville, IL 62025
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