CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT AT ELM ST AND STATE ST, CHICAGO

    FRI JAN 30 2015 ~3:10 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT
    1 INJURED/TRAUMA ALERT
    4 E ELM ST CHICAGO, IL

    TL10 ASSIGNED TO OPERATE ON THE STATE ST SIDE OF THE SCENE AT 3:14 PM. SERIOUSLY INJURED VICTIM IS LOCATED UP ABOUT 60 FEET ON A CRANE.

    BC1 REPORTS VICTIM IS BEING TREATED BY PARAMEDICS UP IN THE BASKET OF TL10 AND WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN SHORTLY IN THE BASKET.

    VICTIM WAS FREED FROM SOME TYPE OF ENTRAPMENT IN THE CRANE BY 3:33 PM.

    BC1 REPORTS THE VICTIM IS DOWN AND IS IN THE CARE OF A43 PARAMEDIC CREW BY 3:45 PM. VICTIM TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES. THE VICTIM WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL AT NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL.

    RUNDOWN:
    ENGINE(S): E98 E ??

    TRUCK(S): T ?? T ?? TL10

    CHIEF(S): BC1

    SPECIAL OPERATIONS CHIEF 5-2-0

    EMS: A11 FC451 STANDBY A43


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