2 teen girls on Jet Ski killed in crash with boat on Illinois lake

>> YEAH. VERY TRAGIC. THIS IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION AS A MATTER OF FACT, BY THE LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THEY TELL US, THOUGH, AT THIS POINT, THAT THIS HAPPENED IN THE EARLY EVENING YESTERDAY AT ABOUT 515 ON LAKE MARIE NEAR ANTIOCH. THEY SAY THE TWO TEENAGE GIRLS WERE ON A WAVE RUNNER WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH A LARGER BOAT. IT WAS A CABIN CRUISER. THEY SAY THAT THAT BOAT CAPTAIN WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY. IT'S NOT QUITE AS MANEUVERABLE AS A WAVE RUNNER IS, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE, THE TWO GIRLS WERE THROWN FROM THE WAVE RUNNER AND KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS BY THE COLLISION. THEY WERE BOTH WEARING LIFE VESTS THAT HELPED THE FOUR PEOPLE ON THE BOAT WHO WERE UNINJURED, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO PULL THE GIRLS FROM THE WATER, AND WITH THE HELP OF ANOTHER PASSING BOATER, THEY WERE ABLE TO RUSH THEM TO SHORE . THEY CALLED FOR AMBULANCES. THE GIRL WAS TRANSPORTED TO A HOSPITAL IN LIBERTYVILLE, BUT THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD THERE. WITNESSES INDICATED THE WAVE RUNNER WAS TRAVELING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND COLLIDED WITH THE BOAT THAT WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON LAKE MARIE. >> WITNESSES DID INDICATE THAT THE WAVE RUNNER WAS TRAVELING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. IT WAS BEING OPERATED BY A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL. THE 13 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS THE PASSENGER ON THE WAVE RUNNER . AS DEPUTY CHIEF, COVELLI MENTIONED, THE 16 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS DRIVING THE WAVE RUNNER. >> THE 13 YEAR OLD WAS THE PASSENGER. THE 16 YEAR OLD GIRL IS FROM CALIFORNIA. THE 13 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM LONG GROVE AU

Channel: ABC 7 Chicago

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Keywords: news, Lake Marie, Antioch, Jet Ski crash, boat crash, teens killed jet ski crash

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Length: 1min 38sec (98 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 19 2024