Two teen girls killed in jet ski crash on Lake Marie in Antioch

DIED AFTER A JET SKI CRASHED INTO A BOAT ON LAKE MURRAY. HAPPENED NEAR THE ILLINOIS WISCONSIN BORDER IN FAR NORTHWEST SUBURBAN ANTIOCH, WGN'S JULIAN CREWS HAS MORE ON EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. >> JULIAN CREWS: GOOD AFTERNOON, FOLKS HERE ARE UTTERLY DEVASTATED BY YESTERDAY'S HEARTBREAKING INCIDENT. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT A 16 YEAR-OLD FEMALE DRIVER OF A WAVE RUNNER, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A JET SKI, HAD HER 13 YEAR-OLD FEMALE PASSENGER ALONG FOR THE RIDE. WHEN THE MISHAP OCCURRED. >> THAT INDICATIONS ARE THAT WAVE RUNNER WAS TRAVELING, GET A PRETTY >> HIGH RATE OF SPEED. NO WORD YET ON PRECISELY HOW FAST THE WAVE RUNNER WAS GOING YESTERDAY. LATE AFTERNOON SAFETY MILES NORTH OF CHICAGO AND SUBURBAN ANTIOCH ON THE WATERS OF LAKE MURRAY. AS A RULE, TOP SPEED ON THESE 2 PERSON, WATER CRAFTS SAID THE TOP 70 MILES PER HOUR. WHAT CERTAIN AT THIS HOUR IS THAT THE 16 YEAR-OLD FEMALE DRIVER OF THE WAVE RUNNER WITH HER 13 YEAR-OLD FEMALE PASSENGER. >> JOSH FRYDMAN: COLLIDING WITH THE CABIN CRUISER. OPERATOR OF THE CABIN CRUISER WAS ON ABLE TO MANEUVER OUT OF THE WAY FAST ENOUGH. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE WAY BRUNNER STRUCK THE FRONT OF THE CABIN CRUISER, THEY WERE THROWN FROM THE WAVE RUNNER DUE TO INTENSITY OF THE IMPACT. BOTH UNFORTUNATELY NOT UNCONSCIOUS. INVESTIGATORS SAY PASSENGERS ON THE CABIN CREWS ARE ON INJURED BY THE COLLISION. QUICKLY SWINGING INTO ACTION FISHING. THE BADLY INJURED TEENS OUT OF THE WATER. >> BOTH OF THEM SAID TO BE WEARING LIFE VESTS. THEY WERE RUSHED ASHORE, WERE RESPONDING. RESCUERS AND PARAMEDICS QUICKLY LOADED THE 2 TEENS INTO WAITING AMBULANCES. >> JULIAN CREWS: THAT WHO RUSHED IN GRAVE CONDITION TO ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER AND IT'S LEVEL ONE TRAUMA UNIT. >> TO NO AVAIL. BOTH WERE PRONOUNCED SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL. >> JULIAN CREWS: EXACTLY HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED IS NOT YET CLEAR. THE LAKE COUNTY MARINE UNIT ALONG WITH THE ILLINOIS CONSERVATION POLICE IN

Channel: WGN News

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Length: 2min 12sec (132 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 19 2024