India, Feb. 3 -- A United Airlines employee was taken to a hospital in critical condition after a taxiing plane at Chicago O'Hare International Airport struck the aircraft tug vehicle he was driving on Saturday, February 1. The wing of an American Airlines plane - American Eagle Flight 6181 - struck the tug vehicle while it was making its way across the runway. The plane had just landed from Kalamazoo Battle Creek International Airport in Michigan, American Airlines and Chicago police have said, according to New York Post.

The driver of the tug vehicle was identified as a 64-year-old man employed by United. The collision flipped the tug vehicle, with the driver becoming trapped. His name has not been released by cops.

The driver was fre...