Person jumps onto train tracks at Roosevelt station, Chicago IL
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Medical EmergencyAccording to the dispatch call, a white male wearing a gray jacket and brown pants jumped onto the train tracks and then jumped off onto the pavement at Roosevelt Orange Line station. Medical assistance was requested for the individual, who was conscious and alert on street level.
Audio|Heard on: CTA Rail Ops - Chicago Transit Authority
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02:28
Transcript:
00:00
The white male with gray jacket and brown pants jumped onto the tracks and then jumped over tracks onto the pavement.
00:12
Put the track in.
00:14
One.
00:16
You say Roosevelt Orange?
00:18
I have a white male, gray jacket, brown pants.
00:26
He jumped onto the tracks and then jumped over tracks onto the pavement.
00:32
Who is the trackman?
00:34
The horn.
00:36
You say, Roosevelt Orange?
00:39
Yes, ma'am.
00:44
Yes, ma'am.
00:46
Hey, TSA, um,
00:48
any kind of third rail?
00:50
Witness statement, he was on the platform.
00:54
He jumped on the tracks and then jumped off of the tracks and landed on the pavement below.
01:00
No, courtesy name was the third rail, any injury?
01:03
That was the third rail.
01:07
A witness already called medical for them.
01:11
What's your match?
01:14
(number withheld).
01:16
F1.
01:17
Hey, Roosevelt.
01:18
Can you go to street level and check? If that person to feel out there?
01:23
Yes, A, Logan, West, have 40.
01:27
1040 is 102.
01:29
Now,
01:31
and there is an officer here as well.
01:33
Someone called them before I got over here.
01:36
But I'll gather all the pertinent information, but I want you already called medical phone.
01:46
Are you at street level or are you on a platform?
01:49
Three level now.
01:50
He is on the platform, jumps on the tracks, and then jumped off the tracks.
01:54
So he's on street level now.
01:56
Are you down there with him at the turn? Yes.
01:59
And, you know, any visible injuries?
02:03
No, he's still conscious,
02:05
um,
02:07
alert.
02:08
Okay,
02:11
and force, and five, like I said, condominable, that's in case.
02:13
Can I get a description like that, white male? Any closing description you can give me?
02:16
He has a gray jacket, brown pants, and black shoes.
02:21
But he has, he's the male, so he's probably 40 to 50 years old.
02:27
20, same four.
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Location mentioned:
Roosevelt, 22 E Roosevelt Rd, Chicago, IL 60605
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