Aurora rescue: Security guard pulled from 15-foot hole dug for construction near strip mall at Indian Trail, Orchard roads

Aurora hearth officers mentioned a non-public safety guard at Issue meals, a packaged meal prep firm, was strolling across the strip mall on the far West Facet of Aurora when he fell roughly 15 ft right into a gap that was dug for utility work and acquired caught, simply earlier than 12:15 a.m.

He yelled to his coworker for assist, and it took 20 completely different rescue companies two hours to assist rescue the person close to Indian Path and Orchard roads, officers mentioned.

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“Yeah, we had been anxious in regards to the facet partitions of the ditch to verify it was secure for us to enter the outlet. We did not wish to put anyone in hurt’s approach so what we did is we shored up each side of the outlet and went in to extract the affected person,” Aurora Hearth Division Battalion Chief Jason Demas mentioned.

The safety guard was then airlifted to Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, the place he was listed in vital situation.

The person was aware and chatting with rescue crews when he was rushed to the hospital, however suffered unknown decrease extremity accidents.