A concrete wall collapse Saturday morning at Ford Motor Co.’s Chicago Assembly Plant killed a contract worker and critically injured a Ford employee who tried to help in the aftermath, according to police and company officials.
Ford described the incident as a construction accident at the plant, which builds the Explorer, Taurus and Lincoln MKS. The wall was about 8 feet tall by 8 feet wide, CBS Chicago reported.
“A large section of the wall” fell on top of a 45-year-old man who was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital, Chicago Police Officer Veejay Zala said. Zala said the cause of the collapse, which was reported at 10:48 a.m., was not immediately known.
