Crime & Safety
Joliet Man Drowns Trying To Save Young Girl
The 43-year-old man was with his girlfriend and her three daughters when one of the girls began to struggle, the Lake County Sheriff said.
JOLIET, IL — A Joliet man drowned Friday at Chain O'Lakes while trying to rescue a young girl, officials said.
Marine units responded to the scene of a possible drowning at around 3:40 p.m. Friday when a passing boater spotted the man and pulled him from the water.
According to a Lake County Sheriff's Department release, the 43-year-old man, his girlfriend and her three daughters had rented a boat from Chain O'Lakes and were anchored near Columbia Bay on Fox Lake.
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While the girls were swimming, one of them started to struggle. Officials said the man jumped in to help the girl and went underwater. Another boater found his body 15 minutes later and drove him to a marina in the 38700 block of North Broadway Avenue.
The man was taken to Northwestern McHenry Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The three young girls are safe. The Lake County Coroner's office has not released his name.
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