Crime & Safety

18-year-old Man Dies in Lockport Township Rodeo Accident

An 18-year-old Streamwood man died of injuries after he was thrown from a bucking bull.

An 18-year-old Streamwood man died of injuries sustained when he was thrown from a bucking bull he was riding in a rodeo Oct. 6 in the 18000 block of Bridge Street in Lockport Township.

According to the Will County Coroner's Office, Jose A. Hernandez was pronounced dead at 6:48 p.m. Oct. 9 at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox, three days after the accident occurred.

"The death appears to be accidental," said Coroner Patrick O'Neil. 


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