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Crown Point city employee seriously injured in lift fall

By Andy Koval,

1 day ago

CROWN POINT, Ind. — A city employee for Crown Point was seriously injured and rescued by the fire department Wednesday following a fall.

Just before 10:10 a.m., the Crown Point Fire Department was dispatched to the area of East 129th Avenue and Mississippi, just off US 231, for a confined space rescue.

Crews at the scene discovered a City of Crown Point employee trapped at the bottom of a lift station after falling in.

The employee was stabilized and airlifted to the University of Chicago Medical Center with serious injuries.

OSHA was notified of the incident.

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