Crime & Safety
Young Child Flown To Hospital After Falling Out Of Bed
A young child was flown to the hospital after he fell out of a bed at a Wonder Lake home Sunday evening, fire officials said.
MCHENRY COUNTY, IL — A young child was flown to the hospital after he fell out of a bed at a Wonder Lake home Sunday evening, fire officials said.
The Wonder Lake Fire Protection District responded around 7:25 p.m. Sunday to the 4400 block of Hilltop Drive in Wonder Lake for a child who fell out of a bed.
Wonder Lake Fire Chief Mike Weber told Lake and McHenry County Scanner that an ambulance arrived within four minutes.
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Due to the injuries, the child needed to go to a level 1 trauma center and a LifeNet medical helicopter was requested.
The ambulance transported the child to the landing zone behind Wonder Lake Fire Protection District Station 1 located at 4300 East Wonder Lake Road, Weber said.
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The child was flown to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville for treatment.
Their condition was not available, but it was serious enough to warrant a LifeNet response, Weber added.
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