2 girls on WaveRunner killed in crash with boat in Antioch

COUNTY CORONER'S OFFICE IS CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAY TODAY. >> THEY HAVE AUTOPSY SCHEDULED ON THE BODIES OF THE TWO GIRLS. SET FOR TOMORROW. WE'RE TOLD THAT THE TWO VICTIMS INCLUDED A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM LONG GROVE IN THE SUBURBS HERE. AND THE 16 YEAR-OLD WAS FROM CALIFORNIA. IT WAS A CLEAR, HOT DAY, SIMILAR TO THIS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON WHEN INVESTIGATORS SAY TWO TEENAGE GIRLS ON A WAVE RUNNER COLLIDED WITH A CABIN CRUISER BOAT. THE 16 YEAR-OLD DRIVER FROM CALIFORNIA AND THE 13 YEAR-OLD PASSENGER FROM LONG GROVE WERE WEARING LIFE VESTS WHEN THEY WERE THROWN FROM THE WAVE RUNNER. NO ONE ON THE BOAT WAS INJURED. THEY IMMEDIATELY JUMPED INTO ACTION AND DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO HELP THOSE TWO TEENS. THEY QUICKLY BROUGHT THE TEENS TO SHORE AND AMBULANCES TRANSPORTED THEM, BUT THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A HOSPITAL IN LIBERTYVILLE, INVESTIGATORS SAY IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT MAY HAVE LED TO THE COLLISION. THE LAKE WAS NOT PARTICULARLY CROWDED ON A WEEKDAY EVENING. >> IF YOU'RE OUT HERE ON A ON A SATURDAY, YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, BOATS EVERYWHERE. THIS IS NOT WHAT THAT WAS. WHILE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'RE STILL LOOKING INTO WHAT LED TO THE COLLISION, THEY SAY IN GENERAL, A SMALLER WATERCRAFT SUCH AS A WAVE RUNNER SHOULD YIELD TO A LARGER BOAT. >> IT'S ALSO UNCLEAR WHETHER THE DRIVER OF THE WAVE RUNNER HAD HER BOATING SAFETY CERTIFICATE, WHICH IS REQUIRED IN ILLINOIS FOR ANYONE BORN AFTER JUNE OF 1998. IT INVOLVES AN EIGHT HOUR COURSE AND IS CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES . INVESTIGATORS SAY THERE WAS NO SIGN THAT EITHER THE DRIVER OF THE BOAT OR THE WAVE RUNNER WAS IMPAIRED. WITNESSES DID INDICATE THAT THE WAVE RUNNER WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. OTHERS WHO ARE ON THE WATER YESTERDAY SAY CONDITIONS WERE GREAT FOR BOATING. THEY'RE CALLING THIS A TRAGEDY THAT WAS OUT ON A WAVE RUNNER EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON. >> IT WAS CHOPPY, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE BOATS COMING AT YOU. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE GUYS HIT A BOAT WITH SO MUCH OPEN, OPEN SPACE. >> AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THEY ARE EXPECTING MUCH BIGGER CROWDS ON THESE LAKES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. CERTAINLY THROUGH THE JULY 4TH HOLIDAY STARTING TOMORROW. THEY ARE HOPING THAT THIS TRAGEDY WILL REMIND

Channel: ABC 7 Chicago

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Length: 2min 18sec (138 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 19 2024