Chicago Man Hit By Lightning While Fishing With Son Dies

NAPERVILLE, IL — A 33-year-old Chicago man died Thursday, days after he was struck by lightning while fishing at Whalon Lake Forest Preserve in Naperville. Guillermo Navarrete-Quintana was fishing with his 13-year-old son at the preserve on Labor Day when he was hit.

Navarrete-Quintana died Thursday, the DuPage County Coroner's office told the Chicago Tribune.

Naperville fire officials said Navarrete-Quintana was found face-up in the water roughly 15 feet from shore, "pulseless and not breathing," but had a pulse by the time he arrived at Edward Hospital. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

At around the same time crews responded to Whalon Lake, police received a call about a male with an injured leg, who turned out to be Navarrete-Quintana's son. Officials said the teen hurt his leg while trying to get a jogger's attention to get help for his dad.

The son was also taken to Edward Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

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