RIVER NORTH — A piece of glass from a broken window at 101 E. Erie St. fell and struck a pedestrian Thursday afternoon, causing injuries.
A man walking below the high rise was struck in the head by a piece of falling glass around 1 p.m. Thursday, according to Larry Langford, a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.
The man suffered cuts to his head and was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he is in good condition, according to a Chicago Fire Department spokesman.
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Langford said the Fire Department hasn't identified a cause yet. The surrounding stretch of Rush Street was closed as crews inspected the window and cleared out shards of glass.
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The office building at 101 E. Erie St. is currently being converted into a Conrad hotel.
Police declined to comment at the scene, but spectators gathered to watch glass continue to fall from the tower at around 2 p.m. One man staying at a nearby hotel needed a police escort to take his luggage through the cordoned-off area.
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Last year a full pane of glass fell from a Streeterville high rise on Fairbanks Court, but no one was injured. In 1999, a woman was killed from glass that fell from the CNA Center, 333 S. Wabash Ave.
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