Train strike reported at Cermak and First Avenue, North Riverside IL
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a train strike was reported at the crossing of Cermak Road and First Avenue in North Riverside. The incident involved a freight line, not a passenger train line. Police and fire departments from North Riverside responded to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Woodford IL Law Dispatch Group Calls
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03:29
Transcript:
00:00
Just got a call from Canadian National.
00:03
They had a train strike at First Avenue in Cermak and North Riverside.
00:08
They didn't have any other information at the time.
00:10
They said the train was being secured.
00:13
Break, County Dementra 64, Mac, just called back in with the update.
00:17
Males now appears to be walking towards the station again.
00:22
We're still 48 minutes away.
00:25
Understood.
00:28
Sent to Canada, that's break.
00:31
I believe so.
00:33
I don't know.
00:34
Let me check.
00:35
I'm checking the thing right now.
00:38
Sam, too, yeah, that looks like that's going to be freight, not a Metra crossing and not a Metra line.
00:45
Yep,
00:48
one, Mr. Crossing and not a Metra line.
00:53
Sam, too, that first is Cermag, that's not our line, not even close to our line.
00:57
It's actually probably about 10 blocks away to my line.
01:02
Ten-four, understood.
01:03
I didn't think so either, but all the information is in the CAD.
01:07
North Riverside is on scene with both police and fire.
01:12
Okay, ten-four, thanks.
01:14
A fifty-nine, you can take a cigar.
01:17
Ten-four, fifty-nine copies.
01:19
Ten-four.
01:22
So do we not send anybody in I should just advise North Riverside?
01:29
Yeah, 10-4, we don't run through there.
01:31
On the Metro map, I do not see anything on that line that is ours.
01:40
To County, just to make sure,
01:43
could you send a unit over there just to make sure that we don't have anything over there?
01:49
I don't think that we do.
01:51
I just want to make sure.
01:58
Measure 58 disregard.
02:02
San Juan, I don't have a unit to go over.
02:05
Can you advise?
02:09
Metro 75, are you available to Perston, Surmack, and North River?
02:17
Question 59 in the county, what do you got? 59, or first in, first afternoon,
02:24
CERMAC,
02:26
Canadian Nationals reporting a train strike.
02:29
Looks like it might be on freight line.
02:32
Looks like it says Chicago-Torgo Terminal is the River Division,
02:37
and the crossing information in the CAD.
02:42
Ten-four, honey.
02:43
You could do that out to me.
02:45
Show me in Ralph and Blue Island.
02:48
Ten-four, I do appreciate it.
02:49
I'll call North Riverside.
02:53
I'll give you an ETA in a minute.
02:57
Yeah, Sam, to the 59.
02:58
I don't think we have anything that runs through there.
03:00
I just want to make sure.
03:03
I just need you to check for me.
03:04
That's all.
03:07
10-4, sorry, John.
03:08
I'm almost positive we don't, but you're right.
03:11
I'll call.
03:14
59 that's going to give as I got about a 45 minute each year.
03:21
Sam 2, that first in CERMAG, that's not our line, not even close to our lines.
03:28
Probably about 10 blocks away from our line.
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Location mentioned:
Cermak Rd & S 1st Ave, North Riverside, IL 60546
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