Stolen ambulance crashes into police car injuring officers, Chicago IL
Motor Vehicle TheftAn ambulance belonging to the Chicago Fire Department was stolen and driven recklessly on the west side of Chicago. During the pursuit, the stolen ambulance crashed into a police squad car near West Chicago Avenue. Two police officers were injured in the crash. The offender has been caught and is in custody. Emergency units are on scene attending to the injured officers.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
01:28
Transcript:
00:00
All right, it's on the west side, thank God, but they got a, somebody stole a CFD,
00:05
AMBL,
00:06
and they are driving very reckless on the west side, police are in pursuit, CPD, R in pursuit of this ambulance.
00:12
It's on the west side, though, so I'll let you know if it, I'm over here, hopefully it don't.
00:20
No, it'll come this way.
00:23
Yeah, they go.
00:29
And it just crashed into a squad car, but they did catch it, and they got the offender.
00:33
It looked like on Cicero and somewhere, but it did just crash.
00:37
We got to make sure those officers are okay.
00:39
They do have a 10-1[1] over there.
00:42
Okay, Cross Street.
00:45
Trying to see, they got the helicopter on it.
00:47
I'm just watching on the news report right now.
00:48
It's on our big screen, but they did just hit a squad car very hard, trying to make sure the officers are okay.
00:59
Yeah, the offender is in custody.
01:00
We got a lot of units on scene.
01:01
They're just making sure officers are okay.
01:08
At near West Chicago,
01:11
West Chicago, near West Chicago, two officers are injured.
01:16
It was a bad crash.
01:17
They crashed head onto him near West Chicago Avenue.
01:25
All right, they gave a slowdown, they got the offender in custody.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-1: Officer needs urgent assistance or help; emergency situation requiring immediate response.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL 60651
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