Elmwood Park man, 27, pulled from Buffalo Grove trench collapse dies: officials

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (WLS) — The 27-year-old Elmwood Park man rescued from a north suburban trench collapse on Monday has died, officials said early Tuesday morning.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office said just before 3 a.m. Tuesday that it was investigating the death of Nikodem Zaremba.

At about 5:30 p.m. Monday, the Buffalo Grove Fire Department responded to a report of a person in a hole in the front yard of a home in the 1000-block of Aspen Drive, officials said. They were told the trapped person was buried, unconscious and not breathing.

At one point, a mutual aid call went out, asking for assistance from several area fire departments to help in the rescue.

There was a very large first responder presence in the residential area of Buffalo Grove.

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“There are literally 50 vehicles here of all differ sorts from all different suburbs,” resident Tom Perris said.

The man was pulled out of the trench at about 6:35 p.m. before being placed on a stretcher and loaded into an ambulance. He was transported to Northwest Community Hospital in an unknown condition.

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ABC7 Chicago saw rescue workers working frantically to try to free that individual, digging in what appears to be the front yard of a home.

It appears sewer line work was being done in the Strathmore subdivision.

A company called Rooter Solutions, which had a vehicle at the home, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Loved ones of the person trapped could only watch helplessly.

“I did see a lady. She was very distraught and crying, upset and looking for her son,” Perris said. “We’re very hopeful that he’s OK.”