OAN Staff James Meyers
12:02 PM – Friday, August 9, 2024

A woman died on Thursday morning at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport after becoming trapped in a conveyor belt in a baggage area, officials told ABC News. 

Emergency responders were called to Terminal 5 at approximately 7:45 a.m. on Thursday following reports of a woman being “pinned in machinery,” the Chicago Fire Department said.

Larry Langford, a spokesperson for the Chicago Fire Department, told reporters that the woman was “entangled in the conveyor belt system used to move baggage,” in one of the airport’s non-public baggage rooms. 

The deceased woman was a member of the public and not a worker at the airport, according to the Chicago Police Department. 

Additionally, medics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

Police said surveillance footage of the area showed the woman “entering an unoccupied restricted area at 2:27 a.m.”

The area was not considered a high-security area and her entrance would not have been considered a security breach. 

Meanwhile, the area has been declared a crime scene. The Chicago Police Department is investigating the situation. 

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