A Woodstock-area man was trapped in a creek on his property when a bridge gave way and pinned him under the tractor he was driving, according to the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District.
Emergency responders were called just after 3 p.m. to the 3200 block of North Route 47 outside Woodstock for the report of a man trapped under a tractor, according to Public Information Officer Alex Vucha. The first crews arrived just four minutes after the call and found the man partially submerged in the water, but conscious.
Firefighters were able to lift the tractor and free the victim, who was taken by ambulance to Northwood Middle School and from by air ambulance to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Vucha said…