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City truck crashes into pole, pole falls on parked car, Chicago IL

Traffic

Reported: 10/28/2025 10:04 AM

Near S Shields Ave, Chicago, IL 60616

A city truck hit a pole near South Shields. The pole fell onto a parked black VW. The incident involved a crash between the truck and the pole, causing damage to the parked vehicle.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 13

00:35

Transcript:

00:00

I broadcast this a little bit earlier as an info ticket, near South Shields, near South Shields.

00:06

A guy from lights, city workers said that a pole fell and hit a parked vehicle.

00:12

They were transferred to 311, but it's a little bit more involved than that.

00:16

It looks like a city truck and a black VW had a crash, maybe.

00:22

And one of,

00:24

I guess the city truck,

00:25

hit the pole.

00:26

So it could be that the truck hit the pole and the pole fell on the car.

00:30

They didn't want to tell us that off the bat.

00:33

Can you go over there, check it out please?

00:35

Near South Shields.

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Near S Shields Ave, Chicago, IL 60616

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