9-year-old girl drowns in Lake Michigan in Gary, Indiana

GARY, Indiana — A 9-year-old woman died and one other woman survived after struggling within the waters of Lake Michigan in Gary, Indiana Tuesday afternoon.

Witnesses say they noticed two younger women within the waves round 2:25 p.m. at Marquette Seashore within the metropolis, the Indiana DNR tells NBC Chicago.

Crews initially pulled one woman from the water however couldn’t discover the second woman. However a helicopter quickly discovered her and crews introduced each of them to an area hospital for therapy. The 9-year-old was pronounced lifeless on the hospital.

The tragedy comes on the identical day {that a} 5-year-old boy was pulled from Lake Michigan in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Crews arrived close to Pennoyer Park to reply to a near-drowning of a younger woman. She was delivered to the hospital as a precaution. However the household realized they had been lacking one other member of the household: the boy.

Divers and a drone finally positioned the boy and he’s now within the hospital in unknown situation, police say.

To this point this 12 months 22 individuals have drowned in Lake Michigan – the deadliest of the Nice Lakes.

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