Posts tagged as “water rescue”

VIDEO: Good Samaritans, firefighters rescue children, woman from van in pond in Huntley

By Sam Borcia | March 18, 2019 2:14 pm

A 10-year-old boy died after the van he was in rolled over into a retention pond along Interstate 90 in Huntley Sunday evening, police said.…

Boy dies after van rolls over into pond off I-90 in Huntley

By Sam Borcia | March 18, 2019 2:58 am

A 10-year-old boy died after the van he was in rolled over into a retention pond along Interstate 90 in Huntley Sunday evening, police said.…

Dangerous conditions hamper search of missing teen in Lake Michigan

By Sam Borcia | January 22, 2019 6:29 pm

The search for the missing 16-year-old who jumped into Lake Michigan near Waukegan last week to save his friend continues, but fire officials said that…

Stretch limousine drives into Fox River near Algonquin

By Sam Borcia | January 19, 2019 7:01 pm

No one was injured after a stretch limousine drove into the Fox River Saturday afternoon in Algonquin, police said. The Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire…

One boy rescued, another boy still missing from Lake Michigan near Waukegan

By Sam Borcia | January 19, 2019 2:42 pm

A 16-year-old boy who slipped off the Waukegan pier into Lake Michigan Friday afternoon was rescued, but a second boy who went in to help…

Body believed to be missing swimmer found on Highland Park beach

By Sam Borcia | November 11, 2018 5:31 pm

The Elgin woman who went missing last weekend on Lake Michigan is believed to be the body found Saturday morning at Openlands Beach in Highland…

Coroner IDs man who died in Lake Michigan

By Sam Borcia | November 5, 2018 2:47 pm

Stanislaw Wlosek, Jr., 46, of Itasca, died after being rescued from Lake Michigan and a 52-year-old Elgin woman is still missing after a polar-plunge type…