A contractor has died after he was accidentally electrocuted while setting up for NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race.
According to multiple reports, a contractor working on setting up Sunday’s Grant Park 220 street race in Chicago died when he was electrocuted on Friday. The victim has been identified by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office, as relayed by ABC News, as Duane Tabinski.
Police revealed a 53-year-old man had suffered an injury in the 500 block of South Columbus Drive near Buckingham Fountain and the stands for the race. He was swiftly taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
