I-BEAM COLLAPSE FROM I-90 ONTO TOUHY AVE DES PLAINES -- FATAL CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT

TUE APR 05 2016 ~2:53 AM
DES PLAINES FIRE DEPARTMENT
FATAL CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT
42.008965, -87.904910 (TOUHY AVE AND I-90 DES PLAINES, IL)

REPORT OF A CONSTRUCTION BEAM THAT FELL ON A PATIENT ON TOUHY AVE UNDERNEATH I-90. NEXT, A REPORT OF MULTIPLE PATIENTS.

POLICE FIRST ON THE SCENE CONFIRM TWO PATIENTS IN THE EASTBOUND LANES BY 2:56 AM.

A62 ON ARRIVAL REPORT TWO LARGE I-BEAMS THAT ARE OFF THEIR MOORINGS WITH NO WORKERS TRAPPED AT 2:59 A.M.

THIRD AMBULANCE REQUESTED AT 3:00 A.M.

THIRD PATIENT IS REPORTED TO BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE I-BEAM, SO THIRD AMBULANCE ASSIGNED HAS TO APPROACH FROM THE EAST.

E62 UPDATES THAT THE PATIENT FOR THE THIRD AMBULANCE IS NOW ON THE WEST SIDE.

FOURTH AMBULANCE REQUESTED AT 3:09 AM.

ONE CONSTRUCTION WORKER TRANSPORTED TO LEVEL I TRAUMA CENTER ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL AND PRONOUNCED DEAD.

THREE OTHER PATIENTS TRANSPORTED TO NORTHWEST COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WITH LESS SEVERE INJURIES.

THE CRANE THAT FAILED IS POSITIONED ON I-90 ON THE EASTBOUND SIDE.

TUESDAY MORNING AT 6:55 AM EB I-90 IS BACKED UP TO ROUTE 53; WB I-90 IS BACKED UP TO I-294.

TOUHY AVE IS CLOSED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS UNTIL SAFETY ENGINEERS CAN DETERMINE HOW TO REMOVE THE BEAM, WHICH WEIGHS 45 TONS AND 180 FEET LONG.

UNITS ASSIGNED ...

ENGINE(S): E62 E ??

TRUCK(S): T ?? TL ??

SQUAD(S): SQD ??

CHIEF(S): BC61

EMS: A62 A63 A61 ELK GROVE TOWNSHIP A11 (FOURTH AMBULANCE)

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