Crime & Safety

Tree Limb Kills Joliet Man: No Foul Play Suspected By Joliet PD

Wednesday afternoon's deadly incident happened in Joliet in the 800 block of Hobbs Drive, over on the city's west side.

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An older Joliet citizen, Joseph Delgado, lost his life Wednesday afternoon during a tree-cutting incident on the city's west side, in the 800 block of Hobbs Drive.
An older Joliet citizen, Joseph Delgado, lost his life Wednesday afternoon during a tree-cutting incident on the city's west side, in the 800 block of Hobbs Drive. (Image via Google Maps)

JOLIET, IL — The Joliet Police Department is not pursuing any criminal charges in connection with Wednesday afternoon's tree-limb cutting incident that took the life of 80-year-old resident Joseph Delgado on the city's west side.

According to Joliet police spokesman Dwayne English, afternoon shift officers went to 817 Hobbs Drive around 3:35 p.m. to provide medical help to Delgado.

Delgado was struck by a large tree branch that another person was cutting from a tree. A Joliet Fire Department ambulance rushed Delgado to an area hospital, and another news outlet indicated that Delgado later died in Cook County at the Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.

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"This incident appears accidental in nature and no foul play is suspected," English announced.

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