4 Injured After Jet Skis Collide On Gages Lake

LAKE COUNTY, IL — Four people were injured when two personal watercrafts collided on Gages Lake on Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

The collision happened at about noon when a personal watercraft driven by a 21-year-old Indiana man pulled in front of a personal watercraft driven by his friend, a 22-year-old Indiana man, according to the news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office. The "no-wake mode" activated on the younger man's watercraft, which caused it to rapidly slow down.

The other watercraft was not able to slow down fast enough and collided with the other watercraft, police said.

The younger man and a passenger on his watercraft, a 22-year-old Indiana woman, were injured and taken to an area hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening. The older man and a passenger on his watercraft, a 21-year-old Indiana woman, were also injured but opted not to go to a hospital for treatment.

A Good Samaritan on a different boat transported both of the men to shore and the women used one of the personal watercrafts to go back to shore, according to authorities.

All four were visiting a friend who has a lake house on Gages Lake at the time of the collision, police said. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources responded and is conducting an investigation.