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Elderly driver mistakenly takes wrong vehicle in Burr RidgeBurr Ridge IL

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79th St, Burr Ridge, IL 60527

According to the dispatch call, an elderly man in Burr Ridge appeared to have mistakenly taken the wrong vehicle. After checking, officers determined it was an accidental misunderstanding with no criminal intent. The individual was reportedly en route to a local event after addressing a personal health need.

Audio|Heard on: Will and DuPage Counties Police/Fire
Listen to dispatch call
00:49
Transcript:
00:00
I spoke with (name withheld) on the phone.
00:02
He definitely went to the wrong place.
00:05
He takes heart medication, he had to use the bathroom, but he had to go to St.
00:08
Marks and Burr Ridge for his grandson's Christmas play.
00:12
But since he took his heart medicine this morning, he really had to use the bathroom.
00:15
Passed up about five gas stations that didn't have bathrooms.
00:18
So yeah, he is very sorry that that even happened, and I'll be closing us out.
00:27
Just check in over there and make sure.
00:32
I have a 10-4[1].
00:38
Just for 43, he said he just recently left St.
00:41
Mark's and he's back on the road.
00:48
Got it, thank you.
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10-4: Acknowledgment; message received, understood, or OK.

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79th St, Burr Ridge, IL 60527

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