O’Hare Airport accident: Man dead after being hit by city tow truck in Terminal 5 parking lot

Police said the man was not in a crosswalk or designated walking area. He was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge and pronounced dead.

By David Struett

United CEO Scott Kirby says that bookings have “flatlined a little bit’’ due to rising case counts and travel restrictions but that he still expects ”pretty strong’’ holiday travel. — A man was fatally hit by a truck Nov. 26, 2019, in a parking lot at O’Hare Airport.

A 70-year-old man died after he was struck Tuesday by a city-owned tow truck in a parking lot at O’Hare International Airport.

The man was was hit by a city tow truck driven by a 26-year-old man about 8:45 a.m. in parking lot D at Terminal 5, according to Chicago fire and police spokespeople.

Police said the man was not in a crosswalk or designated walking area.

He was taken to Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge and pronounced dead less than an hour later, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. The man lived in Hanover Park.

An autopsy released Wednesday ruled the man’s death an accident due to blunt injuries from a vehicle striking a pedestrian, the medical examiner’s office said.

Wednesday afternoon, a police spokesman said there was no record of any citations issued to the driver.

CPD’s major accident unit is investigating.

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