An accident involving a crane boom and a power line resulted in two public works employees being electrocuted at Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue in Waukegan Thursday morning. | Photo: Joe Shuman/J. Shuman Photography (2025)

Two public works employees were rushed to the hospital, one by helicopter, after they were electrocuted by a power line in Waukegan Thursday morning.

The Waukegan Fire Department responded around 11:30 a.m. Thursday to the area of Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue.

Waukegan Fire Marshal Todd Zupec said fire crews arrived to find two male workers with injuries from a power line.

An accident involving a crane boom and a power line resulted in two public works employees being electrocuted at Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue in Waukegan Thursday morning. | Photo: Joe Shuman/J. Shuman Photography (2025)

The Waukegan Public Works employees were conducting tree-trimming operations with other public works members.

One of the trucks equipped with a crane boom made contact with a power line, Zupec said.

The power line energized the truck and electrocuted the two workers.

An accident involving a crane boom and a power line resulted in two public works employees being electrocuted at Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue in Waukegan Thursday morning. | Photo: Joe Shuman/J. Shuman Photography (2025)

Zupec said fellow crew members called 911 and tended to the victims until emergency crews arrived to provide care.

Two medical helicopters were initially requested but one of them was cancelled.

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Paramedics transported one of the injured workers to the Waukegan National Airport where a medical helicopter landed.

An accident involving a crane boom and a power line resulted in two public works employees being electrocuted at Pershing Road and Greenwood Avenue in Waukegan Thursday morning. | Photo: Joe Shuman/J. Shuman Photography (2025)

The helicopter then flew the victim to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Zupec said.

The second injured worker was transported by ambulance to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

The conditions of both victims were not released. ComEd was called to the scene to ensure the power lines were safe.