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Two Cars Drag Racing Near Ridge Ave and Dirksen PkwySpringfield IL

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Ridge Ave & N Dirksen Pkwy, Springfield, IL 62702

Two cars, a white Mercedes and a gray Hyundai, were drag racing near Ridge Avenue and Dirksen Parkway at speeds up to 100 miles per hour. Police are aware but are not pursuing the vehicles. The race poses a danger to public safety.

Audio|Source: Sangamon County Public Safety
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It's 43. I got a white Mercedes. It's been a great Hyundai. It looks like a drag race up north there. Sometimes I'm about a hundred. I'm not pursuing. It's 43. They're probably about to hit Ridge.
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Thurkent and Ridge.
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Yeah, they're probably about there by now.
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One far.
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Controls, yes, because it says, locate, request, are we?
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It has to locate, Rickles driving,
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should be at Dirkson and Ridge, find out Dirkson and Bridge, via white Mercedes, a gray high-end day that are fairly racing,
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going around 100 miles an hour.
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Dirkson and Ridge took up from an officer not pursuing any contact.

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Ridge Ave & N Dirksen Pkwy, Springfield, IL 62702

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