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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