A 14-year-old boy is dead after jumping off a breakwall along Lake Michigan in East Chicago even though he and the group he was with were advised against it.
Witnesses at the scene said a group of teens were jumping off near Jeorse Park around 4:20 p.m. Sept. 4, Indiana Department of Natural Resources spokesman Alex Neel said in a release Tuesday. The witnesses said the boy jumped off the rocks and started to struggle before disappearing in the water, Neel said.
The teens he was with tried to help him but weren’t able, and it’s unclear for how long he was submerged, the East Chicago Police release said. Marina staff had told the group not to jump off the pier, both the police release and Neel said.The East Chicago Fire Department, Lake County Aviation Unit and Lake County Coroner’s Office assisted. The coroner has not yet released the boy’s identity.
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