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Male flees scene of traffic accident in ChicagoChicago IL

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E 49th St & S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60615

Police responded to a traffic accident near 49th St and Cottage Grove Ave in Chicago. A heavyset male wearing a red or possibly blue hat, white t-shirt, and blue jeans fled the scene. Officers detained a suspect near a corner store and are conducting identification with a witness from the accident.

Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
03:51
Transcript:
00:00
All right, Bradford, I get it, uh, took out of this, came out of this car at fault.
00:05
Red hat, white thing top, blue jeans, that's what I'm getting now.
00:11
Okay, updated description is going to be a M1, Red Hat, White T, and Blue Jeans.
00:20
Do you go on the corner store? I'm at the corner store near 49th.
00:26
I think one of the witnesses that he might have gone inside the store.
00:32
You can call me home the corner store.
00:35
All right, I got 2.30 at the corner store.
00:38
2.21, if I can get you with her.
00:42
Pulling up, Tom.
00:45
Thank you. At 2.23.
00:47
A couple of plates on the box for me, please.
00:50
Run them.
00:52
The first one is going to be Edward Lincoln, (number withheld), Illinois.
01:00
Go with the next.
01:02
Edward Tom, (number withheld).
01:07
Illinois.
01:09
And a third.
01:13
Stand by, we're looking for that vehicle.
01:16
All right. T-163, boy.
01:19
Two, six, three, boy.
01:22
Traffic stop, 6-1 in Michigan.
01:26
61st in Michigan on the stop.
01:33
371 in 1636.
01:37
202, Sam, go ahead.
01:39
Yeah, that's fleeing occupant is he does have a white t-shirt and light blue jeans and he looks to be a heavy set male.
01:50
White team top.
01:52
10 for 230 and 221 heavy set mail, white shirt, blue jeans.
01:59
We have to be 11.
02:02
David 11.
02:05
David 11.
02:06
Okay, squad is the air clear?
02:09
Go ahead.
02:11
We can get 30 and 3.
02:14
J. Lentzer.
02:17
2.25. 2.25.
02:22
225. Just information, we're blocking southbound traffic from near 49th in Cottage. As need as anywhere else, just advised.
02:31
I got you blocking the southbound side, near 49th in Cottage, thank you. 2.30.
02:36
2.30.
02:39
I want a t-shirt, jeans, and a blue hat.
02:43
And then I have a couple of the keys. I have pointed him out, so he was a guy that came from the accident.
02:48
Does anybody can tell me if this is a guy, for sure? I've got him detained.
02:52
2.23. I'm going to drive with one of the parties that involved in the accident, and we're going to do a show up.
02:59
All right, 10 4. Got 223 coming your way, 230.
03:03
A guy, one to 10 time is 1538.
03:10
11, 13.
03:13
11,
03:14
go ahead.
03:16
I'm doing for 1480.
03:21
Fetched (name withheld) (number withheld).
03:25
(number withheld). The number is going to be (number withheld).
03:30
(number withheld).
03:32
2.23 for info?
03:40
223. We're heading over with a... It's further short.
03:45
We're about a block away.
03:48
All right, no problem.
03:49
Does it look like we're going to need to reroute any buses?

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E 49th St & S Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60615

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