Salt spill causes icy road and crashes near bridge, Oglesby IL
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, a truck spilled salt on the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge causing icy conditions. This led to multiple vehicle crashes on both northbound and southbound lanes near mile marker 55.
Audio|Heard on: Illinois State Police, IDOT, EMA and LaSalle County Sheriff
Listen to dispatch call
02:46
Transcript:
00:00
863, going south down about halfway down that bridge in the passing lane is a bunch of salt.
00:08
Looks like the truck was overloaded, snow cone, whatever, and when a pot got charged,
00:15
dumped right there.
00:18
Where is the salt at?
00:22
Bridge going north in the passing lane.
00:28
Really, when all that got there?
00:35
Salt gas dumped it?
00:38
Didn't come from me.
00:45
Approximately 35 to 40 minutes, is that, acceptable? Is that too long?
00:54
Roger will be in route.
01:04
Sir, 163, I'll be clear.
01:05
That's the other call.
01:06
The other call.
01:08
2663, 10.4.
01:19
certainly 29 arrive.
01:20
So I'm going to be Southbound I-39, Southbound I-39 and we'll be on, thank you, Rich.
01:31
259 and 10-4[1].
01:38
259 for information we do not have fire any MS and around at this time you rise if we need to get them around.
01:44
I got fire an email that's on scene and looks like two 1050s at the same time.
01:50
One northbound other one southbound.
01:52
10-4[1].
01:58
22 patrol
02:02
267-104
02:10
259 Lincoln Bridge is iced over advise IDOT they need to use some salt runs on it
02:26
Two King three status.
02:33
Sterling Kitton-Nine information.
02:38
Fire,
02:40
advise, they had another call now just down from our location at the 55, undercrash of the bridge.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge, I-39, Oglesby, IL 61348
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