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Window washer critically hurt after falling from scaffolding at Chicago police station

Window washer hurt in fall on Near South Side
Window washer hurt in fall on Near South Side 00:17

CHICAGO (CBS) – A man is in critical condition after falling from a scaffolding Wednesday morning at a Chicago Police Department station on the Near South Side.

Police said the man, 50, was washing windows at the Central District station at 18th and State streets around 10:45 a.m., when he fell from the scaffolding.

He was transported to Northwestern Hospital with injuries to the head and shoulder.

No other injuries were reported.

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