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- 0:05Speaker 1: Yorkville Police investigating crash involving stolen truck and trailer that
- 0:09Speaker 1: led to hasmack cleanup. Written by Joey Weslow. This article
- 0:15Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
- 0:18Speaker 1: by Everlett. A crash involving an alleged stolen truck from
- 0:22Speaker 1: a business in Yorkville led to a hazardous material's clean
- 0:26Speaker 1: up response. The Yorkville Police Department responded to the incident
- 0:30Speaker 1: in the area of E Schoolhouse Road and EA Stagecoach
- 0:33Speaker 1: Trail around two forty two am on August fourth. Upon arrival,
- 0:38Speaker 1: officers discovered an occupied truck with an attached overturned trailer
- 0:43Speaker 1: that was carrying heavy equipment on the road. According to
- 0:45Speaker 1: the police, the vehicle sustained heavy damage, police said, but
- 0:50Speaker 1: did not give details on what equipment and materials were
- 0:53Speaker 1: in the trailer. A preliminary investigation indicates that someone possibly
- 0:59Speaker 1: removed the key to the vehicle at a business in
- 1:01Speaker 1: the two hundred block of Houston Street. The police said
- 1:04Speaker 1: there does not appear to be any evidence of forced
- 1:07Speaker 1: entry to the business. The suspect then drove the vehicle
- 1:11Speaker 1: away from the business before the crash. According to police,
- 1:15Speaker 1: Agencies assisting at the scene included the Bristol Kendall Fire Department,
- 1:20Speaker 1: the Illinois Department of Transportation, and a hazardous material removal company.
- 1:26Speaker 1: The police said the incident remains under investigation.