Crime & Safety
Juvenile Hospitalized After Fall From Bench At Aquatic Center
The child was flown to the hospital with a serious head laceration, according to authorities. The incident happened at Woodstock Water Works
A juvenile was flown to the hospital with a serious head laceration after they fell off a bench onto a concrete floor at an aquatic center in Woodstock Monday afternoon.
The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded at 4:19 p.m. Monday to Woodstock Water Works, 1313 Kishwaukee Valley Road, for a report of a juvenile who fell from a bench onto the concrete floor. Paramedics arrived and found the juvenile with a serious head laceration, according to Woodstock Fire/Rescue District Communication Specialist Alex Vucha.
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Vucha said a Flight For Life medical helicopter was requested “out of an abundance of caution.”
The juvenile was airlifted to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge for treatment, Vucha added.
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The fire district was not made aware of how the fall occurred.
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