BYSTANDER SHOCKED: DUMP TRUCK BED ELEVATES, BRINGS DOWN POWER LINES, UTILITY POLE AT 79TH ST AND MARTIN LUTHER KING DR, CHICAGO

    MON MAY 05 2014 ~4:35 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    DUMP TRUCK HITS POWER LINES
    79TH ST AND MARTIN LUTHER KING DR CHICAGO, IL

    E122 CREWS ON ARRIVAL REPORT DUMP TRUCK TRAILER WAS UP IN THE AIR AND BROUGHT DOWN POWER LINES. DUMP TRUCK BED WENT UP AND HIT POWER LINES, CAUSING THE POWER LINES TO FALL TO THE GROUND. ALSO, A UTILITY POLE POWER LINES FELL ON AN UNOCCUPIED SUV AND ENERGIZED THE SUV. THE UTILITY POLE FELL IN AN ALLEY AND WAS FALLEN ON THE WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. LIBRARY.


    E122 REQUESTED AN AMBULANCE AND REPORTED AN INJURED BYSTANDER AT ABOUT 4:42 PM. A MAN, AGE 63, ACCIDENTALLY TOUCHED THE ENERGIZED SUV, AND WAS SHOCKED AND CRITICALLY FOUND INJURED IN AN ALLEY. A36 ALREADY EN ROUTE.

    THE VICTIM WAS TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ADVOCATE CHRIST MEDICAL CENTER IN OAK LAWN -- LISTED IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

    COMED WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT, EXCEPT FOR REPAIR WORK AND RESTORATION OF POWER (1,200 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER). SOME AREAS NEARBY WERE WITHOUT POWER UNTIL EARLY TUESDAY.

    ENGINE(S): E122

    BC23

    EMS: A36

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Published by CHICAGOFIREMAP.NET: Tuesday, May 06, 2014

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