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Vehicle strikes pole at 70th and South Shore, Chicago IL

Traffic

Reported: 11/7/2025 02:07 PM

S South Shore Dr & E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60649

A vehicle collided with a pole near 70th Street and South Shore Drive in Chicago. Emergency services including fire and ambulance are responding. At least one person has been reported injured at the scene.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07

01:44

Transcript:

00:00

All right, we just got a vehicle versus pole, 70th and South Shore.

00:06

Let me get a description of the car for y'all, fire is rolling, somebody's injured,

00:10

70th and South Shore vehicle versus pole.

00:14

Two one.

00:19

Two of one coming in.

00:25

We have 233 today.

00:31

233 is down cut, as well as all the twos.

00:35

All right, thank you, sir.

00:43

321.

00:46

21. All right, the next oldest domestic is near South Bennett.

00:52

(name withheld) was having a dispute with her 50 year old son.

00:56

Sign 4.

01:06

All right, 223.

01:11

Two three. Two three, I need y'all the road to near East 40th Street.

01:16

Help out (name withheld).

01:17

(name withheld) says she's trying to get her stolen property.

01:19

She had a whole RD number.

01:20

I don't know what was stolen.

01:24

4.

01:31

334.

01:33

34.

01:34

Hate to do it.

01:35

I need, we get several CFD requests with this bad accident.

01:39

Near South Shore Drive, vehicle versus pole, ambulance and a couple of engines on scene requests in CBD.

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Location mentioned:

S South Shore Dr & E 70th St, Chicago, IL 60649

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