Weekend Falling Death Ruled an Accident

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Mar 16, 2009 9:15PM

The death of Brian Glynn, 44, of Janesville, Wisconsin, has been ruled an accident by investigating authorities. Late afternoon Saturday, Glynn fell from the Columbus Ave. bridge near North Water Street onto a sidewalk along the Chicago River, some 30 feet below the bridge. A toxicology report was not offered along with an autopsy and Glynn's stepson, Mitch Fanning, took umbrage with commenters on the Trib's website - on a story that's no longer available - who insisted Glynn was extremely drunk from the day's St. Patrick's Day celebration when he fell. Said Fanning, "I was there and saw the whole thing. The man did not drink himself into 'oblivion,' he was walking just fine." The Trib says Fanning refused to elaborate any further on the circumstances surrounding Glynn's death. [Trib]