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Heard on: Clinton County Sheriff and Fire, Clinton City Police · 16 hours ago
02:04
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Can you make contact with the railroad? Let them know that the rail crossings at the 49th Avenue intersection are down and blinking, but there are no trains.
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Copy, 49th Avenue crossing down.
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Signal malfunction and train blockage on 49th Ave

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible railroad crossing malfunction on 49th Avenue in Clinton, where signals were flashing with no train initially present. The issue later involved a stopped train blocking nearby intersections, affecting traffic at both 49th and 7th avenues. Dispatchers also coordinated an ambulance responding to a medical call for an elderly woman experiencing abdominal pain.

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