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Car accident with trapped driver at Howard and Sheridan, Chicago IL

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Traffic

Reported: 12/16/2025 05:50 AM

W Howard St & N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626

According to the dispatch call, an auto accident occurred at Howard Street and Sheridan Road. One driver was trapped in a vehicle. Firefighters are on the scene managing the situation.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 11

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01:57

Transcript:

00:00

City head north to Sheridan and Howard getting a call of an auto accident.

00:06

One of the drivers is reportedly trapped in a vehicle.

00:10

Fire is rolling, although I have no specific info.

00:13

A white car is all we have there.

00:16

Howard at Sheridan.

00:19

Not your name.

00:26

2033.

00:29

2033.

00:30

2033.

00:34

Although,

00:35

OSI is still on scene, but now can I get some small trucks, please?

00:43

Yes, time, formal call back.

00:50

2411. 2411.

00:52

2411.

00:55

Yeah, 19 Paul here, Fire said they've been here so many times,

00:59

they don't really do any damage to the doors to get in.

01:02

So, thank you, Paul.

01:03

I'll check out Howard and Sheridan's close.

01:09

31 is out.

01:12

Okay,

01:13

thanks. We did get about, oh, here comes another, we got about five, six calls there, thank you.

01:17

31, 11, and we each there to help out, okay?

01:22

All right.

01:27

At 33, they're coming with the cell trucks.

01:31

They already knew.

01:35

99, thank you.

01:41

Okay, 411.

01:45

411.

01:47

411.

01:48

Yeah, something's out of the car, fire's not a scene, engine 102.

01:54

Oh good, out of the vehicle with fire on scene, time for.

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W Howard St & N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, IL 60626

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