Man walks into traffic lanes blessing cars with rosary, Northlake IL


A man walked into the lanes of traffic on a major road near Major Dr, Northlake. He attempted to stop cars by walking between lanes and leaning into traffic. He then walked on top of the barrier wall on the northbound side, holding a rosary and blessing passing cars.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Citywide Dispatch Channels
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Transcript:
00:00
All right, just for info, he's now trying to go into the northbound lanes, trying to cross over, and I guess he's trying to stop traffic of the northbound.
00:21
He's now made it into the northbound.
00:24
He's still walking southbound now, trying to stop cars.
00:32
Yes.
00:34
About 1,200 north, I'd say, about the vision.
00:43
Just the reason for the traffic channel makes your drive there? Yeah, I'd say so.
00:47
He's like, he's walking in between the lanes, but he keeps like leaning over into the lane trying to get someone to stop.
00:59
13, go ahead.
01:03
Yeah, if this, I'm not sure of 15, 18 is quicker response, I'm coming from the south down, a lot of traffic.
01:11
Yeah, 10-4.
01:13
I had 18 send a unit, too, so 1832 is going to be en route as well.
01:25
6570 Paul. 6.7-0, Paul.
01:31
6.570, Paul.
01:42
Thank you. Hold on, I got an open key now.
01:46
Open key on C2Ed1, please check your keys, guys, open key on C2N1.
02:01
Open key on CityWide 1.
02:03
If you have an emergency, switch to a different citywide, open key out Citywide 1.
02:21
What up?
02:23
What up? Is you have an open key, sir? Can you check your keys, please?
02:34
Okay, 6570 fall.
02:35
I'm sorry about that.
02:36
We had an open key.
02:37
Go right ahead with what you got, sir.
02:41
Well, thank you much.
02:42
Can I forget a...
02:47
One four on it.
02:49
Give me the numbers one more time.
02:51
The handers, one more time.
02:54
5.0. West Addituss.
02:57
Got it. Alright.
03:00
Uh, got to be John, John.
03:03
419473.
03:05
419473. And your vet number 09098.
03:10
09098.
03:15
All right, you get it.
03:17
All right, anybody rolling to the guy on the drive? He is now on top of the barrier wall, walking southbound, he's on the right shoulder northbound side.
03:28
It looks like he has got the rosary out and he's just blessing all the cars.
03:34
But still walking southbound in the edge curve on the northbound side barrier.
03:41
See, none about Chicago will be there in a moment, surely.
03:55
Is you in the middle of the median or is you on the shoulder in the northbound lanes?
04:01
Shoulder in the northbound lanes.
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Location mentioned:
Major Dr, Northlake, IL 60164
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