Traffic accident on northbound I-55 near Towanda, Towanda IL
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TrafficAccording to the dispatch call, a vehicle slid off the road causing a traffic accident on northbound I-55 near Towanda. The road conditions included melted and frozen patches. State police were contacted for assistance.
Audio|Heard on: Bloomington and Normal Fire
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01:55
Transcript:
00:00
Northbound on I-55,
00:02
955, 945, northbound on I-55 for possible action of injuries.
00:06
Macombone's clear in, 10-4[1].
00:10
Just passed Towanda, at the 171 mile marker occurs.
00:19
I think I'm going to jump out here and take a look at it and see what I think.
00:23
I don't know if it's melted or what's going on here.
00:26
It's melted and froze.
00:31
Yeah, 10-4[1].
00:34
I was locking up my brakes on there and wasn't sliding or nothing earlier.
00:37
I just think it was one accident people paying attention to it slid off.
00:41
Not paying attention to the road.
00:44
I don't think it was for a reason.
00:50
What color car is it?
00:53
It looks like one of those cubes, one of those cubes, square body things.
00:58
I said, what color is it?
01:02
I can't tell the color.
01:03
It's dark, it's dark colored, but I don't know exactly what color is.
01:07
There's snow all over it.
01:26
Loader to 56.
01:33
Hey Joe, they're working in an accident, I think, making phone calls.
01:37
Okay, ten, four, I missed that, my bad.
01:44
Limington 46, District 5 Communications.
01:50
State Police have been contacted.
01:52
10-4[1].
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
I-55, Towanda, IL
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