Downed power line blocks traffic on Richards Road

Heard on: Kane IL Law Dispatch Group Calls

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Two fifty-nine, you can be approaching a black Dodge Caravan or black Dodge Caravan by the intersection of Illinois Route 23 and 17th Road.

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They're pulled over.

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Her dad is the one that is on Ridge Road that is trapped in between the power line and the tree.

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She is also concerned because she does not know where to go and how to get home.

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Could you stop and speak?

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I'm a mile off from Richards Road right now.

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Be there quick.

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15 and a half.

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For units, the National Weather Service in Chicago issued a flash flood warning for East Central, South, and Southern

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Grundy County until 3:45 a.m.

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30 National Weather Service Chicago,

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Troop 2, Elgin.

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Sterling 59 arrived, all lanes are blocked.

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259, 10-4.

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Sterling 59.

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59, go ahead.

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Sterling 59, information.

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I'm going to start again.

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This traffic backed up in Austin by 23.

01:08

Can you send somebody to the east side of the railroad tracks here on Richards Road?

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Shut it down.

01:14

There's a power line down in the roadway.

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That's correct.

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We're going to have a west end and a center on the east side.

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259, 10-4.

8/9/2026 09:48 PM

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IL-23 & E 17th Rd, Grand Ridge, IL 61325

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Downed power line blocks traffic on Richards Road

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