Firefighters rescue Ill. worker who fell 30 feet

By Rosemary Sobol
The Chicago Sun-Times

CHICAGO — A man doing maintenance work on the Washington Street bridge fell 30 feet into the structure's gear mechanisms after he slipped on a catwalk early Thursday.

The man fell twice — down two levels — into an area that contained the "inner workings" of the bridge, according to Central District Police Sgt. Craig Roberts.

Firefighters rescued the man by maneuvering a ladder into a pit, Fire Chief Kevin MacGregor said. The man had a broken wrist and possibly a fractured shoulder. He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Copyright © 2012 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.    Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy