Multiple vehicle accidents near Lake Land boulevard, Mattoon IL
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, multiple vehicle accidents occurred near Lake Land boulevard including several cars and a semi-truck in the ditch. Traffic lanes were closed and officials worked to manage traffic flow and assist with safety.
Audio|Heard on: Coles County Police, Fire, EMS and EMA
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06:5
Transcript:
00:00
We're just getting on north at the 190 going to go up and flip around.
00:04
What do you need?
00:08
Copy that. Yeah, just kind of stay back there and block traffic a little bit if you can.
00:13
We're actually trying to get this van out of the middle of the end.
00:21
All right, which lane do you want to shut down?
00:27
You'll see everybody lined up, just stay back there and kind of get them where they're slowed down.
00:35
I seem to be doing pretty good at this time.
00:41
Okay, ten-fourth.
00:42
We'll stay back here about where Lake Land is.
00:56
Toms Hill Pressure 32, arriving at Sarah Bush.
01:00
852.
01:05
852.
01:10
Mattoon Fire 73.
01:17
Go ahead, 41.
01:20
We've got multiple accidents down this way.
01:24
Behind you guys, they're coming in high.
01:30
Copy that. We're trying to get the right lane to open up.
01:33
A little better for everybody.
01:35
We get traffic going again.
01:38
Okay, we're just getting to the 92, going to get flipped around and start slowing them down, but there's multiple cars in the ditch, a semi in the ditch,
01:49
hit the guard rail, and that's what we can see.
01:55
Copy that. We've got all refusals here, so if we need to send R8 gardens that way we can, let us know.
02:04
Okay.
02:10
23-load.
02:13
Please copy.
02:18
Open No, thank you.
02:26
Seacom, 73.
02:29
Cemetery, guys.
02:33
This side,
02:34
73 and 76, are there any other Lincoln units in route?
02:44
Seecom 38, let me show us on.
02:48
I'm seeing in 854.
02:52
Hey, yeah,
02:54
uh,
02:55
my bat's back back over here on, I think I'm the highway up for the road.
03:24
Can you re-page again for 75 to the interstate?
03:39
7376?
03:41
Good.
03:43
You just want to push traffic, you don't want us to get out and make sure everybody's all right.
03:47
Any of the other accident?
03:54
Go to be able to be in the airy-out.
04:03
No. No.
04:10
Chris for the evening.
04:17
Forty-six to the passenger.
04:18
Forty-six to the transfer.
04:19
The server.
04:23
If you're going to go back today, you need to make sure everybody is okay.
04:29
We need to see who all needs an ambulance.
04:34
Thank you. Thank you.
04:39
33 and something for example, please.
04:45
Well, I'm in Lincoln.
04:47
Today is kind of up currently, so I'm going to try to get freed up and I reach back out with too much you need, but I'm currently caught up right now.
04:55
We're going to get free up.
05:05
We're just coming up behind the traffic now by the time we got flipped around.
05:22
over here, I just got to go on the bridge here, right before the middle of the middle of the road there in the middle of the road there.
05:53
ACOM 73 shots on scene.
05:56
I got four vehicles in the ditch,
06:01
one jackknife semi-west roadblock.
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Location mentioned:
IL-16 & Lake Land Blvd, Mattoon, IL 61938
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