VIDEO: Pumpkins smashed at 'Great Pumpkin Drop' event in Lockport

LOCKPORT, Ill. (WLS) -- The annual "Great Pumpkin Drop" was a smashing success on Saturday in southwest suburban Lockport.

Each year, Siegel's Cottonwood Farm takes leftover pumpkins and drops them from a crane.

Some of the pumpkins weigh up to 800-pounds.

The event was part of the farm's Pumpkin Fest.