School bus minor accident near Oak Park Road and MLK Drive, Bloomington IL

Traffic

Reported: 10/27/2025 12:58 PM

Near Oak Park Rd, Bloomington, IL 61701

A school bus was involved in a minor traffic accident near Oak Park Road and MLK Drive. The bus had a few children on board but no injuries were reported. Authorities arrived at the scene and reported only minor damage to the vehicle. Police are on their way to investigate the situation further.

Audio|Source: Bloomington and Normal Fire

02:40

Transcript:

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Engine 1, and Medic 1.

00:02

Traffic accident.

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near Oak Park Road.

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Cross streets, MLK Drive and Lake Trail Road.

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Time on 1458.

00:15

The Democratic 3 status truck.

00:19

Okay, that's fine.

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24.

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Dispatch from Injol.

00:31

Do you want to go ahead?

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Do you have any more additional information about the school bus station?

00:37

And you want to discuss negatives on any more information, just know that they're out of that location, not sure how many students are on the bus.

00:56

Message.

00:57

Next time, 3-NOR 55.

01:08

Nice.

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3.0.55 is en route to Roma and BLF.

01:16

Rats of Roman BLS.

01:18

Rots of Roman BLS at 1503.

01:21

Mr. McClum, go ahead.

01:27

On scene of a school bus accident looks like very minor damage. We appear to have a couple kids on board. No one's out. This time will be out on investigations.

01:39

Pedic one on scene.

01:40

Minor damage on the school bus accident.

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Our investigation,

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1505.

01:48

Dispatch, Engine 1 is on scene.

01:51

Stang, N-J1 on scene, 1505.

01:58

Dispatch from Ingen 1. Do you have PD en route to this location?

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Inge 1, yes, PD is currently en route.

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That is five terms of clear.

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Engine three, go ahead.

02:23

You're clear and available.

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So again, engine three, clear and available, 1507.

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Dispatch engine one.

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One, go ahead.

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16G1 on those quirk by Madicone and Medical One. Okay, nice.

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