Saturday, August 25, 2012

Riverdale man dies after falling into Chicago River

Brian Garland, of the 14100 block of South Wabash Avenue, was pronounced dead at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at 4:14 a.m..
Garland was on a boat with other people when he stepped off the boat with three people onto a wooden dock when he stumbled and fell into the river.
The boat's driver jumped into the river to get the man but was not successful.
The Chicago Police marine unit, U.S. Coast Guard and Fire department officials responded. The man was pulled from the river and taken by paramedics to Northwestern in critical condition where he later died

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