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A worker suffered critical injuries after falling off a two-story building Thursday morning near Huntley, officials report.
The Huntley Fire Protection District responded to a call at 7:50 a.m. Thursday to the 15000 block of Lerita Drive near Huntley for a reported fall. First responders arrived to a “male patient who has sustained critical injuries after falling from a second-story roof,” according to a Huntley Fire Protection District news release.
The man, an employee of a roofing company working on the home, was taken to Northwestern Huntley Hospital where he was flown by a REACT Medical Helicopter to Javon Bea Hospital in Rockford for further treatment, according to the release.