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Vehicle hits gas meter causing leak near S Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Springfield IL

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Near S Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Springfield, IL 62703

A white vehicle crashed into a gas meter near South Martin Luther King Jr Drive in Springfield. This caused an active natural gas leak. Fire and emergency units have been dispatched to the scene.

Audio|Source: Sangamon County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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One soft, near S Martin Luther King Jr Dr.
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For a 1057, fire is going to be en route as well. A white car struck the gas meter.
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There's now an active natural gas leak. Call takers are trying to get further on direction of trouble.
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In-row.
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In-row.
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In-row. In-row.
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All right. Just want to get you put me on that 1050[1].
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So for a unit in route to one stop, correction is going to be a white SUV, unknown 28 last thing northbound.
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Engine 5, Truck 1, and Battalion 1, respond to natural gas leak.
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At near S Martin Luther King Jr Dr.
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Drive, cross streets are East Stewart Street and East Brown Street.
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1050: Traffic accident

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Near S Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Springfield, IL 62703

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