Woman with dementia drives car and crashes in Chicago, Chicago IL
Medical EmergencyAn elderly woman with dementia took a green Nissan Rogue without family consent, drove southbound on Elston, and later crashed near Irving Park and Pulaski. She was safely removed from the vehicle by police.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Citywide Dispatch Channels
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Transcript:
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The car, it's a green Nissan Rogue, southbound Elston, female hit school in her car.
00:06
Again, details to follow, nothing further, 17 districts, no one clear.
00:10
All right, getting the auto fifth in progress with Mom possibly still, yep, mom is still on the car, it says, all right.
00:19
(number withheld) North Elston, (number withheld) North on Elston, David Victor, (number withheld).
00:24
David Victor, (number withheld).
00:26
It should be a green Nissan Rogue, southbound on Elston from about Hamlin.
00:31
Again, there should be a female inside the vehicle it was just stolen.
00:57
(number withheld).
01:21
All right, they just located that car.
01:23
She crashed.
01:25
Irving Park and Pulaski, they just found that car crashed.
01:35
All right, yeah, it's just a little fender bender.
01:40
The call they started saying something about the person driving may have dementia, so it may be something along those lines.
01:49
Southbound Lakeshore Drive up on the drive at 18th Street with the police.
01:54
Okay,
01:55
whoever at Southbound Lake Shore Drive at 18th with the police, I need you for a quick mobile.
02:02
Hey, two, three.
02:05
There's a white silver room there.
02:07
They got an handicapped blackers.
02:09
You got to try to let them in.
02:11
They got somebody that doesn't get them out.
02:14
It's important.
02:47
I don't know.
03:17
Okay, yeah, they have her, they got her out of the car.
03:20
This is, it's all going to be a dementia-related incident.
03:24
I guess she jumped in the car for whatever reason and took off without her family who was also on scene.
03:32
But the vehicle has been located, so everybody's good.
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Location mentioned:
N Pulaski Rd & W Irving Park Rd, Chicago, IL 60618
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