Two teenage girls riding a jet ski on an Illinois lake died after crashing into a boat on Tuesday.
The victims were identified as a 13-year-old girl, Elle Kim of Long Grove, Illinois, and a 16-year-old girl, Sarina Vootkur of Lake Forest, California, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office and CBS News.
An investigation from the sheriff’s office and the Illinois Conservation Police is underway.
Authorities said the oldest girl was driving the Yamaha jet ski on Lake Marie in Antioch while the 13-year-old was the passenger. The duo was traveling north near the channel to Grass Lake
Simultaneously, a 55-year-old man driving a Sea Ray Cabin Cruiser was “traveling westbound in the same area,” according to the sheriff’s office.
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The victims were knocked unconscious following the collision, authorities say
Eyewitnesses told law enforcement that the jet ski was operating at a “high rate of speed” toward the boat. The man driving the boat could not avoid the crash, leading the boat and jet ski to collide.
“Both occupants of the jet ski, who were wearing life vests, were knocked unconscious and thrown into the water,” the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said. “There were a total of four occupants on the Sea Ray, and they immediately pulled the girls from the water, called 911, and rendered aid.”
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