Woman critically injured by falling debris in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) – Police say a woman was hospitalized in critical condition after she was struck by debris falling from a building on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Police say the woman in her 20s was walking about 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Wicker Park neighborhood when she was struck by the debris from a commercial building. She suffered a laceration to the head and was taken to a hospital in critical condition. No other injuries were reported. Video from the scene showed pieces of the building’s stone facade and a sign had fallen to the sidewalk. A vehicle also was struck by the debris but the driver was not injured.

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