Thursday 31 January 2013

Forreston man dies following electrocution at Rockford Lowe’s Distribution Center | The Rock River Times

Forreston man dies following electrocution at Rockford Lowe’s Distribution Center | The Rock River Times: At around 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30, Rockford Fire Department received a medical call at Lowe’s Distribution Center, 2801 S. Springfield Ave. Upon arrival of paramedics, the victim, 53-year-old Gregory Stewart, of Forreston, Ill., was totally unresponsive with unstable vital signs.

Stewart was transported by ambulance to Rockford Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead in the emergency room at 4:35 p.m., Jan. 30. An autopsy was performed Jan. 31, and the results were that Stewart was electrocuted.

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