RENO COUNTY— A Salina man was taken by air to an area hospital after being hurt at a construction site in Reno County Tuesday afternoon.
According to the Reno County Sheriff's Office, deputies, fire and EMS were dispatched just before 2 p.m. to the bridge at 69th Avenue and Nickerson Road. They found 42-year-old Gonzalo Chavez lying on his back in the sand near the river.
Deputies rendered aid until EMS and fire arrived. Deputies were told that a crane was loaded with 4,000 pounds of sheet pile and that the load was about six feet off the ground when the crane operator accidentally took his foot off of the crane brake and the load fell on top of Chavez. The operator lifted the load off and other employees rendered aid and called 911.
Chavez was taken to the Hutchinson Airport and airlifted to an area hospital. His condition was not released.