Water main leak causes road damage and closure, Peru IL
Road ClosureA water main leak caused major damage to the road near Midtown Rd. An oversized load drove over the damaged area, worsening the road condition. Police have closed the road and are blocking traffic while cones and equipment are being set up to manage the situation.
Audio|Source: Illinois Valley Regional Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Can you have one of the police officers come over where this water main leak is?
00:05
They're going to have to block traffic until they get it fixed up.
00:09
Okay. Ten-four.
00:10
The President is going to go get some cones and the equipment.
00:14
That road on route is destroyed from the water main.
00:17
Just gotta give people slow down for now.
00:20
Provenile ambulance, you're new at (number withheld) South East Street.
00:25
53-year-old female breathing problems, about 509.
00:27
School 5 is proved out of debris.
00:29
This is something that we need to call iDOTO for traffic control.
00:32
This is their road.
00:33
I don't know, Norm went to get some cones,
00:36
but an oversized load came over this water main leak and literally destroyed the road.
00:40
So we're going to have to shut down that middle of the road, slow down traffic until he gets some cones up at least.
00:45
North's aware of it, he told me to call you.
00:47
Okay. For Austin 7 out there.
00:49
But if we need I dot up, contact them.
00:51
Yeah, I don't know.
00:53
It's pretty bad.
00:54
Like I said, that oversized load literally went over top of it and destroyed it.
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Location mentioned:
Midtown Rd, Peru, IL 61354
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