Downed wires block all lanes on Lawrence Avenue
TrafficDowned wires are blocking all lanes of Lawrence Avenue at Lavern, causing major traffic jams and blocking multiple buses in both directions. Police and fire are on scene, and the utility company is being notified. Additional police units are being requested for traffic control.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 01
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Transcript:
One, 1623. 1623. Show me on the Lawrence job. It appears that wires are blocking all of Lawrence going east and west right at Lavern. All right. No idea of what kind of wire? It is from pole to pole, and they are electrical poles. So I still don't even know if it's cable or not, so. Maybe you can have comment or somebody come out here and check this out. Okay, yeah, we'll do that. The Engine 108 didn't mention if they had already contacted comment. Did they, by chance? They're standing right next to me, squad, and this area is a complete cluster park. So if you want to maybe send a couple more cars, because this traffic's going to sit here, there's probably six buses going eastbound that are blocked, and there are three buses westbound that are blocked. All right, 10-4. 631. 3-1. Can you head over to 4,900 Block of Foster? Give 623 a hand. There's some bad traffic. Some wires are obstructing the traffic protocol, and I'm going to try to send a notify up to comment.
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Location mentioned:
N Lavergne Ave & W Lawrence Ave, Chicago, IL 60630
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