A 57-year-old woman has reportedly been found dead in a baggage area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
On Thursday, Aug. 8, the city’s fire department was called to the location at approximately 7:45 a.m. local time, spokesperson Larry Langford said, per the Associated Press.
The outlet stated the woman, who has not been named, was found “entangled in a conveyor belt system in a baggage room” that wasn’t accessible to the public.
Langford told the publication that surveillance footage showed the woman entering the baggage room at 2:27 a.m. She was pronounced dead at the scene around five hours later, police confirmed, per the AP.
According to ABC7 Chicago, the incident took place at the Terminal 5 baggage area, which is the international terminal.
Per CBS News, the incident didn’t occur in a high-security area, so it wouldn’t have been considered a security breach.
Police spokesperson Nathaniel Blackman told the AP that nobody saw the woman enter the room in real time and the footage was only reviewed after her body was found.
It’s been reported the video only showed her walking into the room, and nothing after that, so it’s not known how exactly the accident took place.
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
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The Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Fire Department didn’t immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE.
Per the AP, U.S. Department of Labor spokesperson Scott Allen said that an Occupational Health and Safety Administration official had confirmed the woman was not a worker at the airport.
Scott didn’t immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. PEOPLE has also reached out to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
CBS News reported an autopsy is taking place Friday, Aug. 9. The investigation is ongoing.
