Man dies in Winnetka after being pulled from lake near Centennial Park Beach in serious condition
A man drowned in Winnetka after he jumped into the water to help rescue children who had fallen off a tube while boating in Lake Michigan.
Man dies in Winnetka after being pulled from lake near Centennial Park Beach in serious condition
WINNETKA, Ill. (WLS) -- A man has died after being pulled from Lake Michigan near Centennial Park Beach.
Winnetka fire officials said a boat was pulling three or four children on a tube in the water near Centennial Park Beach when one of the kids on the tube fell in the water. A man on the boat jumped into rescue that child, but then he went under the water for about a minute.
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"Some kids fell in the water, no big deal, off a raft and it sounds like the driver that was pulling around to come pick them back up, one of the children, I think, it looked as if, was having some trouble. The other kids were saying he's having trouble swimming," said witness Amy McCarter.
Others on the boat were able to pulls the drowning man onto the boat and began CPR on him, fire officials said. The boat was met at the beach by Winnetka first responders who continued CPR.
The man was taken to a hospital in Evanston in serious condition. Fire officials said he died at about 4 p.m.
It was not known what caused the man to go under the water.
Source: WLS-TV
