Male having mental breakdown on railroad tracks in Ludlow

Heard on: Champaign County IL Law Dispatch

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Five hundred and eight in the unit to back for a CIT in Thomas and Oak in Village Six.

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Five hundred and 14 .

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Thomas and Oak.

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Six, there's a male on the tracks.

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The train just went by.

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He's yelling, can hear him having a mental breakdown.

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The RP's with him.

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They pulled him off the tracks.

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Advised he's still screaming.

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I'm on the phone with Canadian National right now to let them know.

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514 East State Central, negative 527, I'll head up there.

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508.

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514 copies, time.

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Okay, six pound two two will be 1042 .

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Ten four.

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Yeah, it's a radio.

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Sounds like the RP's struggling with the male in the background.

2026-10-11 02:47 UTC

Medical Emergency

Thomas St & S Oak St, Ludlow, IL 60949

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a report of a possible mental health crisis involving a man on the railroad tracks near Thomas Street and South Oak Street in the Village Six area. The reporting party was with him and pulled him off the tracks after a train had passed, and he was still yelling and screaming. Responding units were notified and the railroad company was advised.