A man and a woman were flown to the hospital after both suffered serious injuries in separate fall incidents in McHenry County days apart, fire officials said. The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded around 7:03 p.m. on June 5 to the 100 block of Cass Street in Woodstock for a report of a fall victim. Woodstock […]
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Worker flown to hospital after falling 40 feet to ground from tree, suffering serious injuries in Bull Valley
A worker was flown to the hospital after falling 40 feet to the ground from a tree and suffering serious injuries at a residence in Bull Valley Thursday morning. The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded around 10:12 a.m. Thursday to the 200 block of Cold Springs Road in Bull Valley for a report of a victim who […]
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Woman flown to hospital with serious injuries after falling down staircase in Lake in the Hills
A woman was left with serious injuries and had to be flown to the hospital after falling down a staircase at a house in Lake in the Hills Tuesday morning, authorities said. The Huntley Fire Protection District and Lake in the Hills Police Department responded around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday to the 200 block of Boulder […]
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Elderly woman flown to hospital after suffering apparent serious injuries during fall down staircase in Richmond
An elderly woman was flown to the hospital with apparent serious injuries after she fell down an entire flight of stairs at a house in Richmond Friday evening. The Richmond Township Fire Protection responded around 9:40 p.m. Monday to the 5500 block of Mill Street in Richmond for a report of a fall victim. Fire […]
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Worker dies after being critically injured in fall while working on roof of house in Gurnee
A 41-year-old worker died after he was critically injured when he fell 12 feet to the ground while working on a roof at a house in Gurnee, authorities said. The Gurnee Fire Department and Gurnee Police Department responded around 7:37 p.m. on April 22 to the 7600 block of Canyon Court in Gurnee for a […]
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Elderly man flown to hospital with potentially serious injuries after falling down staircase in McHenry
An elderly man was flown to the hospital with potentially serious injuries after he fell down almost a flight of stairs at a home in McHenry, fire officials said. The McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded around 11:05 a.m. Saturday to the 6300 block of Chickaloon Drive in McHenry for a fall victim call. McHenry […]
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Elderly victim flown to hospital with serious injuries after fall at memory care facility in McHenry
An elderly victim was flown to the hospital but is expected to survive after suffering serious injuries during a fall at a memory care facility in McHenry Tuesday afternoon. The McHenry Township Fire Protection District and Nunda Rural Fire Protection District responded around 2:25 p.m. Tuesday to White Oaks at McHenry, 4605 West Crystal Lake […]
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Worker flown to hospital after suffering serious injuries at Water’s Edge development in Crystal Lake
A worker was flown to the hospital after suffering serious injuries during a fall off scaffolding at a construction site at the Water’s Edge development in Crystal Lake Wednesday afternoon. The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department responded around 1 p.m. Wednesday to Water’s Edge at Three Oaks in the 600 block of Waters Edge Drive […]
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Man flown to hospital in critical condition after falling outside of home in Richmond
A man was transported to a trauma center by medical helicopter after he fell outside of a home and was found critically injured in Richmond Friday morning. The Richmond Township Fire Protection District responded around 9:58 a.m. Friday to the 5300 block of Mourning Dove Circle in Richmond for a report of a fall victim. […]