Michigan City beach: 11-year-old girl dies in drowning, another 14-year-old hospitalized in critical condition

Michigan City, Indiana – 11-year-old girl died this weekend in drowning in Lake Michigan at a northern Indiana beach this weekend, while another girl, just 14-year-old, is hospitalized in critical condition.

The 11-year-old died Saturday night when she was swimming with two other family members at Washington Park Beach. At one moment big wave hit them all and they were pulled back in deep water. Multiple bystanders at the beach got into the water as soon as they realized the swimmers needed help. Two of them ware rescued, but the third body never resurfaced.

Michigan City Fire Department crews responded at the scene just after 9 p.m. Less than an hour later, the body was recovered by divers. She was immediately transferred in hospital, but doctors couldn’t do much and she was pronounced dead. She was 11.

The second incident happened Sunday afternoon. According to authorities, fire crews responded at Washington Park Beach for a call that multiple children were “actively struggling in the water”. Around 1 p.m. crews arrived at the beach and help all the children they were in the water. But, one 14-year-old from Ohio was still missing.

10 minutes later jet-ski driver spotted her and immediately called the rescue crews. She was out of the water in minutes, but unresponsive. She was taken to hospital for treatment.

At the time of this initial report, the 14-year-old remains in critical condition as conservation officers investigate the cause of the drowning.

According to latest news, two more drownings were reported in Lake Michigan over the weekend. One was in Chicago, while the second one was in Wisconsin.

13 drownings were reported in Lake Michigan since the start of the year officials say.