Chicago-area contractor goes missing in sewer as he is swept away during heavy storms
- A Chicago-area contractor working in a sewer pipe was swept away by stormwaters Monday afternoon and still has not been found.
- The contractor and a colleague were cleaning a sewer pipe on a construction site in Downers Grove, Illinois, when a storm hit the area just before 1 p.m.
- The rising stormwaters reportedly trapped the workers in the pipe and carried them through the system, according to NBC 5.
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- A Chicago-area contractor working in a sewer pipe was swept away by stormwaters Monday afternoon and still has not been found.
- The contractor and a colleague were cleaning a sewer pipe on a construction site in Downers Grove, Illinois, when a storm hit the area just before 1 p.m.
- The rising stormwaters reportedly trapped the workers in the pipe and carried them through the system, according to NBC 5.
Sources: The Independent