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Man Critically Injured In Fall At Grateful Dead Concert

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A man attending the final Grateful Dead concert was critically injured Sunday night, when he fell from a railing at Soldier Field.

Police said the 41-year-old man was sitting on a railing inside the stadium, when he fell about 25 feet to the ground around 9 p.m.

The man was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, but his condition had stabilized by Monday morning.

Sunday night was the last of three Grateful Dead concerts marking the band's 50th anniversary. The shows were billed as the band's last shows together.

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