Authorities: Man dies after being struck by paving equipment
Posted March 30, 2017 7:00 am
LAKE ZURICH, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a man has died after being struck by a piece of paving equipment at a business in suburban Chicago.
Lake Zurich police say they responded Wednesday to Chicagoland Paving and a 58-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name wasn't immediately released.
A person with the company reported that the man was working outside on a truck when another worker heard a loud crash.
No one else was injured. The death is under investigation. The Lake County coroner's office also responded and an autopsy was planned Thursday.
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