Monee Man, 54, Dies In Jet Ski Accident On Kankakee River: Coroner

WILMINGTON, IL — A Monee man died in a jet ski accident on the Kankakee River Saturday, according to the Will County Coroner's Office and a fundraiser started for the man's family.

Angelo Triolo, 54, was pronounced dead at the Conservation Boat Launch at 7:20 p.m. Saturday, the coroner's office said. Triolo died as the result of an "apparent watercraft incident," the coroner's office said. A fundraiser for the man's family says Triolo died in a jet ski accident.

"Angelo was an amazing man and if you knew him, you knew he was all heart!" the fundraiser reads. "Angelo would do just about anything for anybody, he was one of the good ones.
Angelo had a true love for dogs, playing music, jet skiing, his longtime life partner Dawn Juskevicus, his family members, and his friends!"

The Wilmington Fire Protection District said that on June 20, it had responded to a report of a body floating in the Kankakee River near the Des Plaines Conservation boat launch. A fire district boat launched and arrived at the scene where bystanders were located and the scene was initially secured. Fire district personnel assisted the Will County Coroner’s Office upon their arrival with the recovery of the body.

In a search for any watercraft related to the incident, the fire district air boat with an accompanying Illinois Department of Natural Resources officer was utilized to search upstream from the Conservation boat launch area. Fire district and ESDA personnel also searched the area of the South Island Park dam.

After an ESDA member spotted an object in the dam, a fire district drone flight was conducted over the watercraft where the drone pilot was able to identify the registration number from the craft, which was given to IDNR Law Enforcement.

The Wilmington Fire District was assisted at the scene by Manhattan Fire Protection District EMS and Coal City fire district’s boats who were returning from their own water-related incident.

Illinois Department of Conservation Police are investigating the incident.