Crime & Safety
South OC Girl Among 2 Killed In Jet Ski Crash In Illinois
Two teenage girls, including one from Orange County, were killed after their jet ski crashed into a boat on a lake in northeast Illinois.
LAKE FOREST, CA — Two teenage girls, including one from south Orange County, were killed after a boat and WaveRunner crash on a lake in northeast Illinois Tuesday evening, authorities said.
The crash was reported on Lake Marie, a body of water connected to the Chain O'Lakes, at around 5:15 p.m.
Authorities said a 16-year-old girl from Lake Forest was driving a Yamaha WaveRunner and a 13-year-old girl from Long Grove, Illinois was her passenger.
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The WaveRunner was traveling near the channel to Grass Lake when a boat operated by a 55-year-old Illinois man approached the same area, according to the Lake County Sheriff's office.
Lake County Sheriff's Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli told ABC 7 that the jet ski was traveling "at a high rate of speed" directly toward the boat when they crashed.
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The girls on the jet ski, who were wearing life vests, were knocked unconscious and thrown into the water, authorities said.
The occupants of the boat responded and immediately pulled the girls from the water, rendered aid and called 911. Both girls were moved to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, where they died of their injuries.
Their names were not released.
No further information was immediately available.
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