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Man injured in McCullom Lake trench cave-in

McCULLOM LAKE - A 26 year old man who was working on a drain line suffered some broken bones possible in a trench in the cave.

About 1:45 p.m. Monday, the man tried to connect a storm drain pipe in concrete in front of Village Hall, 4811 W. Orchard Drive, when the trench he was in collapsed.

McHenry Township Fire Protection District had not released the name of the worker on Monday night.

The strength of dirt pushed the man against a catch basin and pinned him against the pool of face-first, said Tony Huemann, McHenry Township fire chief. He said the man was pinned in a hole that was 10 feet deep.

Rescue workers used a steel trench box to secure the trench from another cave-in, Huemann said.

Huemann said it took an hour for emergency personnel to extricate the worker. Emergency personnel used shovels to dig out dirt.

About 45 emergency workers responded from McHenry and Lake counties.

The man was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville via a Flight for Life helicopter with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening, Huemann said. The worker was conscious and alert.

Huemann said McCullom Lake Police Chief Zachary Beatty and Village President Terry Counley were at the scene and made sure the man was able to breathe before rescue workers arrived.

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