Construction worker killed in Heart of Chicago neighborhood sidewalk collapse

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A construction worker was killed Saturday morning following a sidewalk collapse in the city's Heart of Chicago neighborhood on the Southwest Side.

The Chicago Fire Department was called to the 1800 block of West 23rd Street at around 11:15 a.m.
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Crews were working to remove a portion of a vaulted sidewalk when it collapsed, said Larry Merritt with the Chicago Fire Department.



A special CFD response unit extricated the victim from under the concrete rubble, according to Merritt.
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The man was pronounced dead on the scene, Merritt said.

The victim has not yet been identified.