Crime & Safety
UPS Worker Pinned By Trailer At Bedford Park Facility
Paramedics freed a man who was trapped by a trailer while on the job at a UPS facility in Bedford Park early Tuesday morning.
BEDFORD PARK, IL — A UPS worker in Bedford Park was seriously injured early Tuesday morning after he was pinned by a trailer. The man was airlifted to Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn after paramedics responded at 1:47 a.m. and freed him, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. It took about an hour to free the man.
The worker was pinned while on the job at the UPS facility in the 6700 block of West 73rd Street. The Bedford Park Fire Department and UPS officials both confirmed an investigation into the incident Tuesday morning. The man's condition was not known as of 7:30 a.m.
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