Road closed for helicopter landing near cornfield debris, Pike County IL


Emergency responders are closing a road near a cornfield in Pike County due to debris blocking a helicopter landing there. They plan to land the helicopter on a nearby highway west of the original location.
Audio|Source: Pike County Fire, EMS, and Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
00:00
Go for 144.
00:03
TANOSO-144, that's probably going to be a negative with debris in the cornfield with the hush sticking out.
00:17
Do you have any,
00:20
is there any possibility,
00:21
we can get that access road off to the west blocked off, we can land on the road? We can land on the road.
00:32
Go to pass and give it a look and then we'll let you know, 144.
00:42
Down equal 32.
00:49
Go for 144.
00:51
144. I think we are going to take you on to the west and put you down on 994. We're in now under there.
01:01
And say again for 144, please.
01:05
We're going to go a couple miles west of our location and put you down on Highway 94. We'll leave a line, it's a good one, so.
01:13
Those wires are pretty side up against that road, and we're going to...
01:20
...to the west.
01:21
We'll make another pass, and we'll let you know what we see, 144.
01:29
In a house to the west of our location.
01:35
For that road leading west that we just traveled over.
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Pike County, IL
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