Semitrailer runs over construction worker in Elmhurst

A road construction worker was killed Monday morning in Elmhurst when a truck driver making a right turn cut the corner too tightly and ran the man over, according to police.

The worker, who was contracted by the Illinois Department of Transportation, was three feet back from the curb on the northwest corner of York and Lake Streets in Elmhurst when he was struck about 11:15 a.m., police said.

Daniel Green, 38, of Walworth, Wis., was pronounced dead at the scene from massive internal injuries, said Illinois State Police Master Sgt. Bob Huber.

The driver, a 32-year-old Chicago man whose name police did not release, was cited for an improper turn, according to police.

“They way he turned, his trailer went up over the curb,” Huber said. “The worker was three feet off the roadway. The back wheels of his trailer went up over the curb.”