Marching Band Members Head To Hospital During Lake Bluff July 4 Parade

LAKE BLUFF, IL — Three members of a marching band were taken to a local hospital after suffering from the heat during Tuesday's Independence Day parade in Lake Bluff, officials said.

As the final floats rolling in the village's 113th annual 4th of July parade approached the end of the mile-long route, firefighters from the Lake Bluff Fire Department noticed that some members of an out-of-state band marching in the front appeared to be suffering heat exhaustion, according to village officials.

“Every fourth of July Parade we have [two or three] ambulance transports," said Dave Graf, the village's fire chief. "When it’s hot, it is not uncommon for the calls for service to be heat related."

Fire crews took three members of the band to the village public safety building to immediately taken to hospital, staff said, while the rest of the band was taken to the building to cool off and hydrate.

Temperatures were rising into the mid-80's, and the 70-person band had already marched in another, unspecified parade, village staff said in a statement. No further information about the band was immediately available from staff.