Big Whoops
Not seriously injured, but this could have been way worse than it was:
A Chicago Police officer chasing a suspect drove around closed gates at the Kedzie Brown Line CTA station Friday, crashing into a train and leaving her unmarked police car a snarl of twisted metal.
But miraculously, the officer survived without life-threatening injuries.
The crash left rush hour riders scrambling to find another way home and affected service until about 7:45 p.m.
Labels: officer injured
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
59 Comments:
all for what? a rock pinch? to make the boss happy? you almost lost it now get a life.
"You big dummy!"
-- Fred Sanford
chasing a suspect...riiiiight
For all the bashers that will pop up, ever drive on a call where your partner is chasing someone and you have the car? Ever ride on a 10-1? As coppers you know the rush, all i can say as a 27 year veteran street copper in Chicago, Hope your OK officer!!! Prayers said!
officer dumbass glad your ok
Sure hope she wasn't driving like that for some non-sense. I highly doubt the brains at 35th will feel that she passed the balancing test on this one. I'm sure city hall will have some input too. Chasing a murder suspect may be the only thing that would warrant driving around railroad gates and crashing into a passenger train. And somehow I doubt 35th would agree with that. Good luck!
Incredibly dumb...
signed, 017 district cop.
Did she get the bad guy?
Was it worth it....please be careful. One rock is not worth your life. Get well soon.
tough way to learn that a train trumps a car.
hope he doesn't get more than a few days off for it.
Why do this keep calling it an "unmarked car"?
Dumb move
Anonymous said...
For all the bashers that will pop up, ever drive on a call where your partner is chasing someone and you have the car? Ever ride on a 10-1? As coppers you know the rush, all i can say as a 27 year veteran street copper in Chicago, Hope your OK officer!!! Prayers said!
8/11/2012 12:11:00 AM
As a 27 year veteran your an idiot. As any real veteran will tell you,getting to the 10-1 or assist call or to help your partner is the most important part of your job. Using the fucking common sense that God gave you to reach those in trouble is also part of it.
Hope the Officer is OK.
will she be ticketed?
If you are hardworking, sometimes shit like this just happens. Many years ago, it almost happened to me, at archer and Kenton on the mids. I must admit it wakes you up and makes you think harder in the future. Hope she is ok, laugh it off girl.
Did she ever make it there to assit her partner? Glad she is OK...Case Closed
Anonymous said...
For all the bashers that will pop up, ever drive on a call where your partner is chasing someone and you have the car? Ever ride on a 10-1? As coppers you know the rush, all i can say as a 27 year veteran street copper in Chicago, Hope your OK officer!!! Prayers said!
8/11/2012 12:11:00 AM
Boy you are an idiot! 27 years down the drain. Tell your partner that nothing is more worth than your own life. And you will never win against a train.
Good to see there are female officers that want and try to be the police...not come on the job to become insidie dollys for the commander...like so many do...
Iif clouted ok but bet they get screwed
For one rock? Really?
Bottom line is she was backing up her partner who was on foot, chasing a shithead. Some of you salty fucks need to ease up. Get well, office.
Did she get the bad guy?
8/11/2012 01:50:00 AM
Lmfao! Congratulations, you have won the Interwebs!!
This is the same officer who with her partner chased after a offender who just shot and killed someone, before they could even get out of the car the offender started shooting at the unmarked vehicle , and as she had to secure the two other occupants in the car, her partner chased after the shooter , the shooter was killed. so as a police officer i'm sure that seeing your partner running and shooting at a offender and your not able to be there ,was something she was thinking of this time around. And this was all caught on the in car camera.
Get well officer!
There have been incredibly dumb chases but this one tops them all. The city is looking at millions on this one.
Anonymous said...
For all the bashers that will pop up, ever drive on a call where your partner is chasing someone and you have the car? Ever ride on a 10-1? As coppers you know the rush, all i can say as a 27 year veteran street copper in Chicago, Hope your OK officer!!! Prayers said!
8/11/2012 12:11:00 AM
Monday morning quarterbacking is generally pretty screwed up, but sometimes the facts are clear as day. Had her partner just been shot on the other side of the tracks, maybe you can look past her blatant disregard for safety. However there has been no mention of what the "chase" was about which would lead you to believe it was NOT that serious, hell probably irrelevant.
As for the "RUSH" you speak of, oh hell yeah that is a great feeling, but if you can't CONTROL that rush enough to perform effectively and safely, you need to find a new profession.
She will be hopefully take this lesson hard enough on her own as she recovers from her injuries, so I am not looking to pile it on, but she is lucky to say the least, even if she deservedly loses her job as a result.
The best thing about this is her partner wasn't in the car, so sh is not responsible for his/her life. By the looks of that car it would not have ended well for a front seat passenger. The best and worst thing on this job is working with a partner or decides your fate on a daily basis. When is it someone you know and trust life is great. When it is whoever the damn watch secretary puts you with, well that is a gamble, and potentially a costly one.
For all the bashers that will pop up, ever drive on a call where your partner is chasing someone and you have the car?
yeah,im not going around fucking gates, unless it IS a 10-1, and then im going to look...several times. This was just reckless and stupid, not worth your life. She should know that 2 trains almost ALWAYS pass there at the same time, she has worked there longer than I have and I know this. Also she has had several oopses in the past regarding her driving. And is somewhat of a 5 year know it all. That being said, im glad she is ok, but again, an incredibly dumb move....
This is why an old timer told me when you work with an idiot make sure you get there early to grab the keys.
hahahaha just glad no one was really seriously hurt.
Thank God no one was killed or hurt badly!
Agree dumb move but glad she's ok. Understand the rush of a chase but your life is way more important then some dirt bag that will do some more dumb shit for you to catch him another day. Train vs ped, train always wins !!! Stay safe n think before acting.
Kudos to her for trying to stay with her partner. Get well soon....
Did she get the bad guy?
8/11/2012 01:50:00 AM
How long have you been on the job?
All I can say is that I'm not surprised.
This reminds me of the totally worthless, useless, waste of space, dangerous, imbicile woman who works in 016 that almost bit the dust in the same fashion but it was a commuter train and not a CTA train. She also went around the gates at lehigh and central and literally came inches away from death. The only way someone knew that it happened is that Metra called the 016 WC and reported that an officer may have attempted suicide by crossing the tracks when a train was coming. It's amazing how dummies can go on living forever and people like that doctor who saved the kids from a rip current in lake Michigan winds up dead.
Ignorance is bliss.
dont forger the huge lawsuit from the riders and conductor! must of wanted that ANOV really bad
The fighting 017 th District
Nice going, moron. Risk your life, the safety of others and embarrass the rest of us. Hopefully back on the watch tomorrow. We are our own worst enemy.
I hear her partner was chasing the tomato bandit. So lay off the bashing.
The train engineer went to the hospital.
Did you hear that?
The train engineer went to the hospital.
Cha-Ching indeed.
Look both ways before crossing the tracks. Have we learned NOTHING from Road Runner?!
I was taught to drive as if every train was trying to crash into me.
You people of unbelievable!!! How about....Hope you are better soon. It could have been any of us. I only wish I could be half as awesome as you morons that post ignorant things on this blog.
Hope you have a quick recovery officer!! Prayers are with you!
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Why do this keep calling it an "unmarked car"?
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Because it was an unmarked car.
No, ignorance is not bliss.
Ignorance is bondage.
Why did the tact car cross the tracks?
It's under investigation.
Shame on all you officers who are bashing this officer and laughing about it. We are all human beings and we have all made mistakes on this job, some bigger than others and if we are honest, some that likely could have cost us our lives or our partner’s lives, but luckily didn’t.
To the bashers and the laughers, I am ashamed that you wear the blue shirt alongside the rest of us.
This is a hard working officer who made a tough decision in the moment that was clearly all about her partner’s safety and with no regard for her own. Luckily no one was hurt.
Many officers have lost their lives in traffic crashes and pursuits over the years because their sole mindset and focus was on their partner’s safety, another officer’s safety and catching the bad guy.
Wish her well and move on.
Back to midnight watch she goes!
Anonymous said...
"You big dummy!"
-- Fred Sanford
8/11/2012 12:09:00 AM
LOLOL my stomach started hurting! Best laugh today lol
slow down, 5 year wonder, didnt get the bad guy..glad u r ok
Bottom line is she was backing up her partner who was on foot, chasing a shithead. Some of you salty fucks need to ease up. Get well, office.
8/11/2012 08:46:00 AM
No.
The bottom line is
YOU CAN'T HELP SOMEONE UNLESS YOU GET THERE ALIVE. A little common sense goes a long way.
I wasn't there.
Nasty accident. Thank God it wasn't worse.
Trains pack a real punch. Once you have seen the loooong streaks of rubber left at a grade crossing, where the train hit and shoved a big heavy automobile along sideways until it caught on something and went flying...
The crossing gates come down when an approaching train trips a track circuit. That train could be going 5 MPH or 75 MPH -- a freight just getting started or an Amtrak flying like a bullet. There are spots where you can't even see them coming because they're around a "reverse curve" or something's in the way. The train might be BACKING -- just some low-down steel flatcars, real hard to see sometimes. The more you know, the more you get the chills. >shudder<
Once one train passes, always wait until the gates come up before crossing -- THERE COULD BE ANOTHER TRAIN COMING, HIDDEN BY THE FIRST ONE. People get killed this way. Commuters get off the local and walk around the end of their train -- right into the nonstop on the next track.
"Expect movement on any track, at any time, in any direction" is the railroad safety rule. Boy, they ain't kidding.
Everyone stay safe.
"{An officer] also went around the gates at Lehigh and Central and literally came inches away from death."
--8/11/2012 01:36:00 PM
Oh, yeah, that is a spot. Not just the Metra commuters, but the Amtrak Hiawathas to/from Milwaukee. I think they are authorized 79 MPH there.
Back in steam days they used to come through at over 100. In the 1940s, a side rod came loose on one of those engines, whipping around like a giant flail, and tore s__t up for two blocks, wrecked the platform at Edgebrook, damaged automobiles waiting at the crossing and injured some people, etc.
"The only way someone knew that it happened is that Metra called the 016 WC and reported that an officer may have attempted suicide by crossing the tracks when a train was coming."
Boy, I bet they did call. That must have been close. Engineers have nightmares a lot.
When I am around the tracks, I always wave at the oncoming engine crew [when possible] to let them know I'm sane and I see them and I'm not going to do anything stupid. You often get a friendly "honk" back. Make their day a tiny bit easier...
Totaled car, derailed train, lost CTA revenue ...priceless.
Very lucky but expensive.
Is it true that the CTA Motorman was written a citation for "Failure To Yield The Right Of Way To An Emergency Vehicle"?
Get well office!!! But WTF were you thinking?!?! Maybe a desk chair would be easier to control....
You people of unbelievable!!! How about....Hope you are better soon. It could have been any of us. I only wish I could be half as awesome as you morons that post ignorant things on this blog.
Hope you have a quick recovery officer!! Prayers are with you!
8/11/2012 05:18:00 PM
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It could have been any one of us?
Um, no.
You might have a long, clear view of the track length out in some rural area, so you could make an informed decision as to whether to cross the tracks or not. But, in the city? NEVER. It could not "have been any one of us", because most of us aren't that stupid.
It was a bonehead move. I'm glad she didn't die and didn't kill anyone while making it, but it was a bonehead move, regardless.
Take the car keys away from her. She is lucky that she didn't cause multiple deaths. Irresponsible !
It's amazing how often people--all sorts of people--get hurt or killed by going around these safety gates because they assume that one train passing means the tracks are clear. These trains are basically houses on tracks, and they will obliterate any person, bike or automobile they run down. Just wait.
And to the guy who thinks the train operator went to the hospital just for the payoff, you ought to know that 1)those guys are standing up on the job, and when they hit a car they will get bounced around their cabin and 2)train operators hitting cars or pedestrians suffer huge rates of PTSD. I know a psych who works with these guys; knowing you're driving a multi-ton bullet that's probably about to kill someone isn't something most of us are mentally prepared for. Cynicism is all fine, but sometimes reality ought to be taken into consideration.
Wow.STUPID, not worth it
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