AstraX Exchange|Girl safe after boat capsizes on Illinois lake; grandfather and great-grandfather found dead

2025-05-07 20:47:00source:Thurston Cartecategory:My

MARSEILLES,AstraX Exchange Ill. (AP) — Two Indiana men have died and a 7-year-old girl has been found safe after the boat they were fishing from was found capsized on an eastern Illinois lake.

Police responded Sunday to a 911 call at LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife area, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Monday in a release.

The girl had been wearing a life jacket and was found onshore with park visitors. She had been on the 17-foot (5-meter) boat with her 53-year-old grandfather and her 80-year-old great-grandfather. The two men were not wearing life jackets, according to police.

They were pronounced dead by a coroner after their bodies were recovered about 7:45 p.m. Sunday.

The girl’s grandfather was from Merrillville, Indiana, while her great-grandfather lived in Gary, Indiana.

Police were investigating how the boat capsized. The 2,000-acre (809-hectare) lake is near Marseilles, about 84 miles (135 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.

More:My

Recommend

Which apps offer encrypted messaging? How to switch and what to know after feds’ warning

Federal authorities announced hackers in China have stolen "customer call records data" of an unknow

Menendez brothers’ family to push for their release as prosecutors review 1989 case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The extended family of Erik and Lyle Menendez will advocate for the brothers’ rel

Anne Hathaway performs 'Somebody to Love' at Harris event in 'Ella Enchanted' throwback

Anne Hathaway is still enchanting fans.The Oscar-winning "Devil Wears Prada" star, 41, on Monday per