57-year-old man killed in industrial accident in Town of Beloit

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A 57-year-old man is killed in a industrial accident in the Town of Beloit.

The Town of Beloit Fire Department says emergency responders were dispatched to the Alliant Energy power plant under demolition on the 900 block of Townline Road just before 11:30 Friday morning.

Town of Beloit EMS arrived to find police tending to a man who was working on the structure laying on the bottom floor of the building with severe trauma to his abdomen.

EMS and Mercy Hospital’s MD-1 worked to save the man’s life before transporting him to a local hospital where he later died.