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Man Stuck in Car Due to Flooded Water Safely Rescued

E 130th St & S Stony Island Ave

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  • Firefighters successfully rescued a man trapped in his car due to flooding on a bridge at E 130th St and S Stony Island Ave in Chicago. Authorities are considering road closures as multiple vehicles have been stranded by the rising water.

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Police advise the flooding has stranded multiple cars, and authorities are considering closing the road at South Doty Avenue and East 130th Street to prevent further incidents.

CPD Zn 8 · 0:05
The cars have been flooding over there on the 130th and Doty. Is there a way we can shut the street down?
CPD Zn 8 · 0:19
433. 433. Yeah, 130th from Doty all the way to the bridge is completely flooded out. We passed by five cars that are stuck in the water over here. I don't know if there's a way that we can shut the road down over here, but it's a complete mess.

Firefighters advise driver has been safely rescued from the car, and police are arranging for a tow.

CFD (B/U) · 0:10
Getting the police here for a tow. The driver here, they're out of the car, but they do need a 126, okay? 126, okay. We'll get police for a tow.

Firefighters are working to rescue the man from the stranded car on the bridge.

CFD (B/U) · 0:09
We got the car just, uh, left on the bridge. You can hold 515. We'll get the person out of that car. Okay.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a man stuck in his car due to water. The car is reportedly dead.

CFD (B/U) · 0:20
62 Englewood, wanted to see your 130th and Stony for at least a person. Do you have any more information on this? There's a gentleman who says he was stuck in water at that location, not underneath the viaduct, but he said he was stuck in the water and that he could not get out of his vehicle. The car was dead.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at E 130th St & S Stony Island Ave.

Police advise the flooding has stranded multiple cars, and authorities are considering closing the road at South Doty Avenue and East 130th Street to prevent further incidents.

CPD Zn 8 · 0:05
The cars have been flooding over there on the 130th and Doty. Is there a way we can shut the street down?
CPD Zn 8 · 0:19
433. 433. Yeah, 130th from Doty all the way to the bridge is completely flooded out. We passed by five cars that are stuck in the water over here. I don't know if there's a way that we can shut the road down over here, but it's a complete mess.

Firefighters advise driver has been safely rescued from the car, and police are arranging for a tow.

CFD (B/U) · 0:10
Getting the police here for a tow. The driver here, they're out of the car, but they do need a 126, okay? 126, okay. We'll get police for a tow.

Firefighters are working to rescue the man from the stranded car on the bridge.

CFD (B/U) · 0:09
We got the car just, uh, left on the bridge. You can hold 515. We'll get the person out of that car. Okay.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a man stuck in his car due to water. The car is reportedly dead.

CFD (B/U) · 0:20
62 Englewood, wanted to see your 130th and Stony for at least a person. Do you have any more information on this? There's a gentleman who says he was stuck in water at that location, not underneath the viaduct, but he said he was stuck in the water and that he could not get out of his vehicle. The car was dead.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at E 130th St & S Stony Island Ave.

Police advise the flooding has stranded multiple cars, and authorities are considering closing the road at South Doty Avenue and East 130th Street to prevent further incidents.

CPD Zn 8 · 0:05
The cars have been flooding over there on the 130th and Doty. Is there a way we can shut the street down?
CPD Zn 8 · 0:19
433. 433. Yeah, 130th from Doty all the way to the bridge is completely flooded out. We passed by five cars that are stuck in the water over here. I don't know if there's a way that we can shut the road down over here, but it's a complete mess.

Firefighters advise driver has been safely rescued from the car, and police are arranging for a tow.

CFD (B/U) · 0:10
Getting the police here for a tow. The driver here, they're out of the car, but they do need a 126, okay? 126, okay. We'll get police for a tow.

Firefighters are working to rescue the man from the stranded car on the bridge.

CFD (B/U) · 0:09
We got the car just, uh, left on the bridge. You can hold 515. We'll get the person out of that car. Okay.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a man stuck in his car due to water. The car is reportedly dead.

CFD (B/U) · 0:20
62 Englewood, wanted to see your 130th and Stony for at least a person. Do you have any more information on this? There's a gentleman who says he was stuck in water at that location, not underneath the viaduct, but he said he was stuck in the water and that he could not get out of his vehicle. The car was dead.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at E 130th St & S Stony Island Ave.

Police advise the flooding has stranded multiple cars, and authorities are considering closing the road at South Doty Avenue and East 130th Street to prevent further incidents.

CPD Zn 8 · 0:05
The cars have been flooding over there on the 130th and Doty. Is there a way we can shut the street down?
CPD Zn 8 · 0:19
433. 433. Yeah, 130th from Doty all the way to the bridge is completely flooded out. We passed by five cars that are stuck in the water over here. I don't know if there's a way that we can shut the road down over here, but it's a complete mess.

Firefighters advise driver has been safely rescued from the car, and police are arranging for a tow.

CFD (B/U) · 0:10
Getting the police here for a tow. The driver here, they're out of the car, but they do need a 126, okay? 126, okay. We'll get police for a tow.

Firefighters are working to rescue the man from the stranded car on the bridge.

CFD (B/U) · 0:09
We got the car just, uh, left on the bridge. You can hold 515. We'll get the person out of that car. Okay.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a man stuck in his car due to water. The car is reportedly dead.

CFD (B/U) · 0:20
62 Englewood, wanted to see your 130th and Stony for at least a person. Do you have any more information on this? There's a gentleman who says he was stuck in water at that location, not underneath the viaduct, but he said he was stuck in the water and that he could not get out of his vehicle. The car was dead.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at E 130th St & S Stony Island Ave.

Police advise the flooding has stranded multiple cars, and authorities are considering closing the road at South Doty Avenue and East 130th Street to prevent further incidents.

CPD Zn 8 · 0:05
The cars have been flooding over there on the 130th and Doty. Is there a way we can shut the street down?
CPD Zn 8 · 0:19
433. 433. Yeah, 130th from Doty all the way to the bridge is completely flooded out. We passed by five cars that are stuck in the water over here. I don't know if there's a way that we can shut the road down over here, but it's a complete mess.

Firefighters advise driver has been safely rescued from the car, and police are arranging for a tow.

CFD (B/U) · 0:10
Getting the police here for a tow. The driver here, they're out of the car, but they do need a 126, okay? 126, okay. We'll get police for a tow.

Firefighters are working to rescue the man from the stranded car on the bridge.

CFD (B/U) · 0:09
We got the car just, uh, left on the bridge. You can hold 515. We'll get the person out of that car. Okay.

Firefighters are responding to a report of a man stuck in his car due to water. The car is reportedly dead.

CFD (B/U) · 0:20
62 Englewood, wanted to see your 130th and Stony for at least a person. Do you have any more information on this? There's a gentleman who says he was stuck in water at that location, not underneath the viaduct, but he said he was stuck in the water and that he could not get out of his vehicle. The car was dead.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at E 130th St & S Stony Island Ave.

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Comments5

chicagoUser1549516016Jul 3 at 11:32 PM

Y u drive off on him

rivergroveUser2350373001Jul 4 at 3:08 PM

What was I gonna do get stuck to? Do I look like a tow? And there were tows all in the area so they fine

Rodriguez94Jul 4 at 4:45 AM

Wat yu mean help him , thats a grown man

valparaisoUser2220822035Jul 3 at 11:35 PM

Help him!

chicagoUser1549516016Jul 3 at 11:32 PM

Y u drive off on him

rivergroveUser2350373001Jul 4 at 3:08 PM

What was I gonna do get stuck to? Do I look like a tow? And there were tows all in the area so they fine

Rodriguez94Jul 4 at 4:45 AM

Wat yu mean help him , thats a grown man

valparaisoUser2220822035Jul 3 at 11:35 PM

Help him!

chicagoUser1549516016Jul 3 at 11:32 PM

Y u drive off on him

rivergroveUser2350373001Jul 4 at 3:08 PM

What was I gonna do get stuck to? Do I look like a tow? And there were tows all in the area so they fine

Rodriguez94Jul 4 at 4:45 AM

Wat yu mean help him , thats a grown man

valparaisoUser2220822035Jul 3 at 11:35 PM

Help him!

chicagoUser1549516016Jul 3 at 11:32 PM

Y u drive off on him

rivergroveUser2350373001Jul 4 at 3:08 PM

What was I gonna do get stuck to? Do I look like a tow? And there were tows all in the area so they fine

Rodriguez94Jul 4 at 4:45 AM

Wat yu mean help him , thats a grown man

valparaisoUser2220822035Jul 3 at 11:35 PM

Help him!

chicagoUser1549516016Jul 3 at 11:32 PM

Y u drive off on him

rivergroveUser2350373001Jul 4 at 3:08 PM

What was I gonna do get stuck to? Do I look like a tow? And there were tows all in the area so they fine

Rodriguez94Jul 4 at 4:45 AM

Wat yu mean help him , thats a grown man

valparaisoUser2220822035Jul 3 at 11:35 PM

Help him!

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