MAY 28, 2015
VINE GROVE, KY (WAVE)
A worker was injured on Wednesday when he fell inside a
water tower in Vine Grove.
According to the Vine Grove Police Department, the man was
performing work on the Hardin County Water District tower when he fell just
before 4 p.m. on Wednesday.
Crews from the Vine Grove Fire Department and the Radcliff
Fire Department were dispatched to the scene at 1650 West Lincoln Trail Blvd.
They removed the man from the tower. He was treated on site by a Hardin County
EMS crew.
Upon determining the extent of the victim's injuries, he was
airlifted to University of Louisville Hospital. His condition is unknown, and
his name has not been released.
The Vine Grove Police Department and the Hardin County Water
District along with state agencies are working to determine how the man fell.