Two teens die on Chain O’ Lakes when jet ski collides with boat – Shaw Local

Two young girls were killed in a collision between a personal watercraft and a boat on Lake Marie in the Chain O’ Lakes.

The Lake County Sheriff reported that a 13-year-old girl from Long Grove and a 16-year-old girl from Lake Forest, California, were killed when the jet ski they were riding collided with a Sea Ray Cabin Cruiser boat Tuesday evening.

According to police, witnesses reported that the jet ski was “heading directly toward the Sea Ray at a high rate of speed” and that the boat’s operator, a 55-year-old man from Antioch, was unable to avoid a collision. The jet ski’s occupants were thrown into the water.

Authorities said the older girl was operating a Yamada personal watercraft when the accident occurred around 5 p.m. Tuesday while the vehicle was traveling north toward the canal to Grass Lake, just north of Elime Road in Antioch Township.

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