Meredosia-Bluffs EMS, North Scott Fire, and Air Evac were called to a barge on the Illinois River early yesterday morning.
According to reports from the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, a crew from a tow barge advised that a crew member had a possible stroke and was unresponsive at around 2:23AM yesterday morning. According to the report, the unidentified crew member had been unresponsive for a half hour at the time of the call.
Air Evac was deployed to an area near 100 Bob Michael Street near Naples with the Scott County Sheriff’s Office setting up a perimeter for the helicopter to land to get to the crew member.
No other further information about the incident has been released.