Man dies after tumbling into Chicago River on Lower West Side

Divers tried to rescue a man who died after falling off a bridge into the south branch of the Chicago River Wednesday morning on the Lower West Side. It happened at 23rd and Halsted streets around 7:15 a.m., the Chicago Fire Department posted on X, formally known as Twitter. CFD has deployed divers from helicopter into the water at 23 and Halsted for report of person falling from bridge..(715am)The fire department deployed two divers from a helicopter and the man was found underneath the surface after about 10 minutes of searching, fire spokesperson Larry Langford said. He was pronounced dead shortly after he was found, officials said. “The divers had to search the murky waters for him,” Langford said. “He was not on the surface.”