Maroon car hits fire hydrant and pole; three flee on foot, Springfield IL
TrafficA maroon car crashed into a fire hydrant and pole near Lawrence and Martin Luther King Jr Drive. The car had three people inside who fled on foot toward nearby train tracks. Two of them wore ski masks and gloves and were last seen running eastbound. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Source: Sangamon County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Lawrence and MLK, Lawrence and MLK. It's going to be for the 1050[1] portion of this possible vehicle set from near North Wesley Street.
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We took another call from somebody as...
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going by, said that this vehicle struck a fire hydrant, the pole, said it was occupied times three,
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said no injuries but believe they were possibly 1055 here.
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It's going to be a maroon car that's there.
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It's not.
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And Rob.
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The other half of this is they were saying that they followed the car from near North Wesley Street. When they found it here at the accident, two males with ski masks and gloves, hopped out, ran towards the train tracks on foot,
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last seen eastbound.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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1050: Traffic accident
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Location mentioned:
S Martin Luther King Jr Dr & E Lawrence Ave, Springfield, IL 62703
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