Girl safe after boat capsized on lake; grandfather and great-grandfather found dead
MARSEILLES, Ill. (WEEK/Gray News) – A 7-year-old girl survived a boating accident Sunday on an eastern Illinois lake that killed her grandfather and great-grandfather.
The girl was wearing a life jacket when the boat capsized, but the two Indiana men were not, according to Illinois Conservation Police.
The three had been on a fishing trip at the LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife Area at the 2,000-acre lake near Marseilles.
Conservation Police said they were called just after noon on Sunday when they saw a capsized 17-foot Crestliner.
The girl was on the shore with park visitors who came to her aid and helped contact her mother and grandmother.
Police said the men were recovered around 7:45 p.m. The LaSalle County coroner pronounced them dead at the scene.
The grandfather was 53 and from Merrillville, Indiana. The great-grandfather was 80 and from Gary, Indiana. Their names have not been released.
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