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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Fran Spielman

City’s first responders gear up for NASCAR

With many streets closed and off limits for the NASCAR Chicago Street Race, the city has plans in place to make sure ambulances can get where they need to go. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

The City Council’s most outspoken critics of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race have been assured ambulances and first responders will have the access they need in the event of an emergency at the event or anywhere near it.

Private ambulance companies will join the Chicago Fire Department in providing emergency medical services and speeding patients to area hospitals, just as they do during large-scale events like Lollapalooza and Taste of Chicago.

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