Pedestrian reportedly struck by train in Indianapolis, Indianapolis IN
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, a person reported being struck by a train near Southeastern Avenue and Leota in Indianapolis. Emergency medical services responded, but later it appeared the injury may have been fake. The railroad police were notified.
Audio|Heard on: Indianapolis Metropolitan Police - Southeast District
Listen to dispatch call
03:3
Transcript:
00:00
Southeast 11, Charles 123, Charles 123, a pedestrian accident, near Southeastern Avenue and Leota.
00:06
Train versus a pedestrian, emergency medical services en route 50 South, 1,400 east.
00:12
123.
00:14
171.0.
00:18
4242. Charles 123, Charles 142, Charles 171 at 1204.
00:28
Dispatchee in its reference Southeastern and Leota, caller was an employee, but he didn't have any information.
00:38
The information the train is...
00:42
The train's stop the information.
00:48
The best way to get to this is to the car behind me.
00:53
It looks right if there's another.
01:00
Looks like there's just no room up front.
01:04
How far down is that?
01:10
You can go around to the stream or watch the street.
01:16
Now it looks like the front of the train is up here.
01:19
We might have to move to go around the train.
01:22
... or the street just...
01:30
At Leota, we're the front of the train.
01:37
Any available officers with a fingerprint scanner switch to northwest one?
01:46
123 control?
01:49
123. Can you make sure CSX is aware of this and that they respond and let a supervisor know that's not really a pedestrian injury, it looks like maybe a fake?
02:09
I'm clear.
02:10
CSX just called wanting to know, send the injuries and more information.
02:15
I'll make sure they're on their way.
02:18
Yeah, you can just let them know that it's a climbing injury, but we'll talk to him once they get here.
02:24
I'm clear. And I'll just remember there.
02:28
113, I'm sorry, 10.9.
02:32
That's a call about a person that said he was struck by a train.
02:37
He's possibly faking it.
02:41
Okay, where's this at?
02:44
Southeastern and Leota.
02:50
Okay, and we let the railroad police know.
02:56
If we are, I'm calling on anybody you know to go and start the network.
03:03
Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Southeastern Ave & Leota St, Indianapolis, IN 46202
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