Crime & Safety
Man Dies After SUV Plunges Into Jackson Park Harbor
Divers pulled a 59-year-old man from the water Wednesday morning, and he was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
CHICAGO, IL — A 59-year-old man died Wednesday morning after the SUV he was in was pulled from the Jackson Park Outer Harbor, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Emergency crews responded to a call of a vehicle in the water at about 5:40 a.m. at Jackson Park, near the 6500 block of South Promontory Drive, the report stated. Divers pulled a man from the SUV that was submerged in the water, the report added.
The man was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead, the Tribune reports.
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SUV still submerged in water in Jackson Park Harbor...Marquette east of LSD. 59 year old man in critical condition pic.twitter.com/h1v40AvPUf
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