Youth Dies In Fall At Elmhurst Parking Garage: Cops

ELMHURST, IL – A 17-year-old Downers Grove youth died early Saturday morning in Elmhurst as the result of injuries from a fall at a downtown parking garage, authorities said.

Shortly before 3 a.m., Elmhurst police officers and firefighters responded to a back alley bordering the city parking garage at 135 N. Addison Ave., according to a city police news release. They found the unresponsive youth.

The youth was taken to an area hospital, but was pronounced dead, police said. The victim's car was on the sixth floor of the garage.

Police said evidence at the scene was consistent with a fall.

The incident is under investigation by local police and the DuPage County Coroner's Office.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the police at 630-530-3050.

Police said that anyone experiencing a crisis can call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline emergency number 988 for free support services 24 hours a day, seven days a week.