A 66-year-old employee died Tuesday following an industrial accident where he fell 20 feet from a lift at an Antioch warehouse, authorities said. The Antioch Fire Department and Antioch Police Department responded around 6:37 p.m. Tuesday to Handi-foil, 1 Handi Foil Drive in Antioch, for a report of an injured person. Paramedics found an employee […]
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‘A tremendous loss’: Fremont Township trustee identified as woman killed in Mundelein scooter crash
A Fremont Township trustee was identified as the woman who died after a scooter crash near Mundelein. Township officials called her death a “tremendous loss.” Patricia Stejskal, 65, of Mundelein, was taken off life support and declared dead Thursday evening following an accident. Stejskal was found with critical injuries in the 26200 block of North […]
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Antioch man dies after snowmobile plunges into lake
A 40-year-old Antioch man died after his snowmobile went through the water on Loon Lake in unincorporated Antioch Sunday evening. The Antioch Fire Department and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded around 11 p.m. Sunday to the 22900 block of West Lakeshore Drive in unincorporated Antioch for a report of a snowmobile that went through the […]
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Man killed after tractor rolls over him in unincorporated Woodstock
A 60-year-old man was killed after a tractor rolled over him as he was unloading it from a trailer in unincorporated Woodstock Sunday evening, police said. The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District and the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded at 5:43 p.m. Sunday to the 3400 block of Chukar Place Woodstock for a report of an accident. […]
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Coroner IDs man crushed to death after tree fell on excavator in Union
57-year-old Eric Malaker was killed Saturday afternoon near Union after a tree fell on the cab of his excavator, crushing him to death, authorities said. The Union Fire Protection District, Marengo Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1:45 p.m. Saturday to the 8100 block of Leech Road in Coral Township, which […]
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Man crushed to death after tree falls on excavator in Union
A 57-year-old man was killed Saturday afternoon near Union after a tree fell on the excavator he was inside of, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said. The Union Fire Protection District, Marengo Fire Protection District and McHenry County Sheriff’s Office responded around 1:45 p.m. Saturday to the 8100 block of Leech Road in Coral Township, […]
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Man killed in head-on crash near Richmond ID’d
A 28-year-old man who was killed following a 3-vehicle crash in unincorporated Richmond Friday morning has been identified by the coroner. The man has been identified as Ernesto R. Silva, 28, of Wonder Lake. A preliminary investigation indicated that at approximately 5:45 a.m. Silva’s vehicle, a 2004 Lincoln Navigator SUV, was travelling eastbound on Route 12 east […]