An Illinois firefighter with the Western Springs Fire Department died in a training accident Monday evening. Christoffer, who had completed his preliminary training last week and was participating in a regularly scheduled department exercise, had ascended to the top of a fully extended aerial ladder at 105 feet. He was on his way back down when he fell and landed on the turntable of the ladder truck. Christoffer was an industrial hygienist for a firm in Downers Grove. He is survived by his wife Lucy and two small children.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
The town is just west of Chicago.