Shorewood Man Dies Of Electrocution In Minooka: Coroner

Joliet IL

07 September, 2020

12:01 PM

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SHOREWOOD, IL — The Grundy County Coroner's Office has identified the victim of a work-place fatality in Minooka as 51-year-old Shorewood resident Ronald Bebar. Bebar died Friday following an incident at the United States Cold Storage business on Twin Rail Drive in Minooka. On Friday afternoon, a Minooka Fire Protection District ambulance rushed Bebar to the Morris Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased shortly after 3 p.m. The Grundy County Coroner's Office said the preliminary investigation indicates that Bebar was working for an outside contractor and was electrocuted when the incident occurred. The death remains under investigation by Coroner John Callahan's office, the Minooka Police Department and OSHA, a news release stated.