Woman Taking Out Trash Falls, Dies

Chicago - A woman died after falling while taking out the garbage Tuesday afternoon on the Far Northwest Side.

Nancy Singletary, 46, of 8563 W. Winnemac Ave., was pronounced dead at 1:29 p.m. at Our Lady of the Resurrection Medical enter, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

Tuesday about 1 p.m. Singletary called 911 when she was feeling lightheaded after she fell onto a sidewalk outside her home while taking out garbage, according to Jefferson Park District police.

Chicago Fire Department ambulance No. 2 transported her to Resurrection. Police said Singletary had also fallen Nov. 30 at the Harlem Irving shopping mall in Norridge but she refused medical attention at that time.

An autopsy is scheduled for later Wednesday and foul play is not suspected, according to police.

Grand Central Area detectives are conducting a death investigation.