Crime & Safety
Man Dies Following Contact With Live Wire In South Suburbs
CBS 2 has learned that neighbors sounded the alarm hours before. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar also spoke to Rice's family.
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL (CBS) — Francisco Rice was simply walking down the street, and now he is dead after crossing paths with a downed power line in the southern suburbs. CBS 2 has learned that neighbors sounded the alarm hours before. CBS 2’s Charlie De Mar also spoke to Rice’s family.
On Tuesday night, ComEd had its hands full after the storms that swept through and brought tornadoes to the area on Monday afternoon. Well over 24 hours later, there were still thousands of customers without power. But in unincorporated South Holland, neighbors said they reached out to ComEd and the fire department on Monday about a sparking wire on their street.