Indiana
Man, 18, drowns in Lake Michigan in NW Indiana
PORTER, Ind. – A man died after being pulled from Lake Michigan Tuesday evening in Porter, Indiana.
Emergency crews were called to Porter Beach around 6:50 p.m. for a report of an 18-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl in need of rescue, according to Porter police.
A Good Samaritan pulled the 14-year-old girl out of the water but the 18-year-old was lost for roughly 20 minutes before he was pulled to shore.
Both of them were transported to a nearby hospital where the girl was reportedly “doing fine,” police said.
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The man was pronounced dead around 9 p.m. He has not yet been identified.
Indiana State Police Conservation Officers will also be conducting an investigation.