Residents Evacuated After South Side Gas Leak
UPDATED: 6/11/2013 12:15 p.m.
CHICAGO (CBS) -- One person was injured and residents were evacuated on Tuesday morning following a gas leak on the Southeast Side.
Firefighters responded to the leak near 107th Street and Avenue D in the East Side neighborhood.
A crew was excavating in the area of 10657 S. Avenue D about 11:15 a.m. when a gas line ruptured, police said.
The two-inch gas line was shut down, and the situation secured about noon.
One person was injured and taken to John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County