Single-vehicle crash with injury on Route 71 ditch

Heard on: KenCom Fire Fire: Dispatch [Ch 1]

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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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Kendall Fire, also sounds for a personal injury accident.

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Route 71 north of Newark Road.

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North Fire, Central Town for personal injury accident.

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Route 71 north of Newark Road.

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Car 651, Engine 620, Chief 601, Medics 641, 642, and Squad 671, you're all due to respond.

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Okay, go. North 642 is responding.

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42, you're assigned to the postal town for a personal injury accident on Route 71 north of Newark Road.

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It's going to be for a single vehicle accident that is now in a ditch.

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They were traveling southbound in the northbound lane and skidded off.

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They are now trying to get their vehicle off the ditch.

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We can only see the driver at this point.

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No one out of the vehicle.

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Message received.

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Hang on, 642 is going to be on the scene.

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One vehicle in ditch.

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We'll be out investigating.

8/16/2026 07:54 PM

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IL-71 & Newark Rd, Newark, IL 60541

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency units responded to a possible personal injury crash involving a single vehicle that ended up in a ditch along Route 71 north of Newark Road near Newark, Illinois. The vehicle had reportedly been traveling the wrong way before skidding off the road, and only the driver was initially visible inside the vehicle.