A 46-year-old city worker was critically injured when a trench he was working in collapsed around him Monday afternoon on the Northwest Side, according to authorities.
The collapse happened about 1:10 p.m. near Sauganash and Peterson avenues on the far Northwest Side.
Chicago Fire Department paramedics took the man to Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston in "very critical condition," Commander Curtis Hudson, a spokesman for the Chicago Fire Department, said.
"He was working in the hole, and the hole collapsed on him," he said.
The man injured was a worker for the city water department, according to Gary Litherland, a spokesman for the department.
Other details weren’t immediately available. Check back for more information.
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