Excerpts from the ChicagoTribune.com:

A piece of construction equipment toppled over into a ditch injuring a construction worker and spilling fuel early Wednesday morning.

Mundelein Police Chief Eric Guenther said the machine’s operator escaped and was walking around before first responders police and firefighters arrived.

Crews were in a large ditch next to the lake and using a drill to complete work under the roadway, according to Guenther. He said the crane attached to a front loader was lifting the drill out of the ditch so it could be refueled, but a weight imbalance caused both machines to tumble into the ditch.

excavator rolls into ditch in Mundelein

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excavator rolls into ditch in Mundelein

Tim Olk photo

excavator rolls into ditch in Mundelein

Tim Olk photo

excavator rolls into ditch in Mundelein

Tim Olk photo[

excavator rolls into ditch in Mundelein

Tim Olk photo

excavator rolls into ditch in Mundelein

Tim Olk photo

excavator rolls into ditch in Mundelein

Tim Olk photo

firefighter uses saw to cut metal

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excavator rolls into ditch in Mundelein

Tim Olk photo

 

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