GABBY'S CAUSE OF DEATH IS
PENDING. FURTHER AUTOPSY
RESULTS. COREY. NELLIE THANK
YOU A LIFE THREATENING
SITUATION AT CHICAGO'S
SOUTHWEST SIDE HAS NOW IMPROVED
AT TIMES RESIDENTS IN THE
CITY'S 19TH WARD WOULD WAIT
HOURS AT TRAIN CROSSINGS TODAY.
CONGRESSWOMAN MARINE NEWMAN AND
ALDERMAN MATT O'SHEA ANNOUNCED
ANYWHERE FROM A 20% TO 100%
REDUCTION IN WAIT TIMES FOR
THOSE FREIGHT TRAINS. IT
HAMPERED AMBULANCES FROM
GETTING TO THE AREAS ONLY
TRAUMA CENTER AND IMPACTED
RESPONSE TIMES FOR FIREFIGHTERS
AND POLICE. IN SOME CASES, THE
WAIT TIMES LED PEOPLE TO CLIMB
UNDER THE TRAINS TO CROSS THE
TRACKS. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL
MONTHS, STARTING BACK IN THE
SPRING, UH, WHEN REPRESENTATIVE
NEWMAN CONVENED MEETINGS WITH
SEVERAL OF THE RAIL OPERATORS
IN THE OWNER OF THE LINES, CSX.
JUST TO BRING PEOPLE IN A ROOM
TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE COULD
BETTER COMMUNICATE AND WHAT
COULD BE DONE. THE ALDERMAN IS
ASKING RESIDENTS TO REPORT
SEVERE BLOCKAGES TO HIS OFFICE
OR THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S OFFICE
IF THEY PERSIST. NO NEED TO
RUSH TO THE DMV FOR REAL ID YOU
NOW HAVE UNTIL 2023 TO GET IT