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.
#Chicago: #ComEd crews work to restore power, after freak crash #electrocutes man leaving him critically injured. pic.twitter.com/AzLhfAyXcJ
— Captured News (@CapturedNews) May 6, 2014
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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