September 19, 2013 12:28 pm

Sewer Worker Swept Away in Flash Flood

Gustavo Briceno, 25, was killed at about 8:30 p.m. when a torrent of rainwater pushed him 25 feet down a sewer near North Rockwell Street and North Elston Avenue, in Chicago’s Avondale neighborhood, as he worked on a project to re-line the pipe. Michelle Relerford spoke with his wife.

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