Park district mechanic dies after being crushed by heavy machinery

JOLIET -- Authorities say a Joliet Park District mechanic is dead after being crushed by a piece of heavy machinery near a maintenance shed at a district golf course.

Fifty-year-old Voyle Williams was pronounced dead at Silver Cross Hospital.

Police Chief Fred Hayes says Williams was crushed Tuesday by the bucket of a dirt-moving machine.

Williams was working on the equipment at Woodruff Golf Course at the time of the accidents. Authorities say the bucket was raised and was supposed to be locked by a safety mechanism, but it descended and crushed Williams.