<div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/735/414/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_IL_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1470/828/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_IL_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/931/524/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_IL_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/1862/1048/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_IL_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/06/640/320/ALL_CUSTOM_FS_LOCAL_NEWS_IL_GENERAL.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="An Illinois public works employee died after he was trapped in a flooded water main vault." width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>An Illinois public works employee died after he was trapped in a flooded water main vault.</span> </p></div></div>

Westmont Public Works staff contacted <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/crime/police-and-law-enforcement" target="_blank">fire and police</a> around 11:45 a.m. to respond to the worker, Matt Heiden, who was trapped in an underground vault that was underwater from a break in a water main, the village of Westmont said in a news release.

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Heiden was recovered around 12:40 p.m. and was found unresponsive, authorities said. Lifesaving measures were attempted and the person was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/midwest/illinois" target="_blank">Downers Grove</a>.

Westmont is about 20 miles west of Chicago.

Westmont, Illinois, Public Works employees contacted local authorities after colleague Matt Heiden was trapped in a flooded underground water main vault.

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