ROCK ISLAND, Ill. (KWQC/Gray News) – A 10-year-old boy accidentally drowned Monday at Lake Potter in Rock Island, officials say.

Rock Island County Coroner Brian Gustafson identified the child as John Moo, 10, of Rock Island.

At 1:24 p.m. on Monday, the Rock Island Fire Department responded to Lake Potter, 1800 Sunset Lane, for a child missing in the water, according to a media release from the department.

Responding crews learned that four children were swimming in the water and became distressed.

Officials say two children were able to get back to shore unassisted before crews arrived, and one child was assisted to the shore by a bystander.

The Rock Island Fire Department said three children, including Moo, were taken to UnityPoint-Health Trinity Rock Island.

Moo was pronounced dead at the hospital, Gustafson said Monday.

The conditions of the other children were not known Tuesday morning.

The fire department was assisted by Rock Island Arsenal and Moline fire departments. Big River Rescue and Christian Aid Ministries assisted with underwater divers and scanning equipment used in the rescue, fire officials said.

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JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) — Some lanes are shut down on Interstate 80 in Joliet, after a crash involving a semitrailer and another vehicle, Illinois State Police said Thursday afternoon.

The crash took place just after 1 p.m. on westbound I-80 west of Briggs Street, state police said.

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The driver of the truck changed lanes and hit the car, before hitting the concrete median, police said.

The truck driver was ejected, and taken to a nearby hospital with injuries. The extent of the injuries was not immediately clear.

The other driver was not injured.

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All westbound lanes are shut down, and traffic is being diverted off I-80 at Briggs Street.

Extended lane closures are expected, police said.

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ILLINOIS — Take a look through this set of images from across Illinois. We’re seeing many great opportunities for readers to get some memorable photographs throughout the state this summer.

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Lynn Wesley photographed this butterfly on a thistle in Tinley Park

Tina McCorkle captured this photo after dinner of a “beautiful evening” in Aurora.

Steve Collins said this dove and chick “have been getting fat on the cicadas daddy has been bringing to them” in Woodridge.

Mike Sebastian took these two photographs at Eldridge Park in Elmhurst.

Marianne McKenna and Jim McKenna sent in this photo they took of new baby hawks hanging out on their balcony near the Wheaton Clock Tower.

Laura Bradley tells us she had searched for 19 days “high and low” in search of a “one-in-a-million” blue-eyed cicada in her Homer Glen Yard. “[On the] 20th day of searching, I opened the front door and to my surprise, this little blue-eyed cicada sat alone looking at me on the brick wall by my front door! I snapped a few pictures and off he went. If you wish it, they will come,” Bradley said.

The Williams family, of the South Side, Chicago, submitted this photo of a rose blooming. They said, “We haven’t seen a rose bloom in a few years, lol! A hilarious story is the rose appeared along with the cicadas, Nature is showing off.”

Mindi Robles-Matas said she got this great shot of the Agricultural Crash monument while driving through Norway, Illinois, on a road trip. “The sky was quite amazing as well,” she said.