20-year-old female rescued after river jump at Van Meter St

Heard on: Kankakee IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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

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Ambulance, you got turnout (number withheld) West Van Meter Street.

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Believe just an ambulance will do.

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Twenty-one, correction, twenty-year-old female jumped into the river unknown when.

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She was pulled out.

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She's now at (number withheld) West Van Meter in Irwin.

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We have PD en route.

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That's worth it.

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You just need an ambulance.

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We'll leave that to ambulance.

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Ambulance one.

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You show us in route.

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Ambulance two can stand down.

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Ten four.

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Can't come, car six.

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Car six.

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You advise the subject is not in the river?

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That's ten four.

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Okay, for the moment let's just make this a still alarm for myself and ambulance one.

8/29/2026 11:56 PM

Medical Emergency

E Van Meter St, Kankakee, IL 60901

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews were dispatched to the Van Meter Street area in Kankakee for a reported water-related medical incident involving an adult woman who was said to have gone into a river and then been pulled out. Responders later advised the subject was not currently in the river, and the response was reduced to a single ambulance and command.