A 15-year-old girl who was pulled from Lake Michigan in Racine on Thursday night died Friday afternoon, the Racine County Sheriff’s Office said.
The incident took place July 31 around 6:20 p.m., roughly 30 feet from shore at Carre-Hogle Park.
A 911 call initially reported the girl was struggling, and later that she could no longer be seen and was believed to have gone under water, the sheriff’s office said.
The sheriff’s office said 20 to 25 mph winds produced 3-foot waves and visible rip currents in the park’s lagoon area, causing very poor water conditions.
Within 15 minutes of the original 911 call, authorities found the girl under water roughly 20 feet from shore. She was not breathing when pulled from the water, so life-saving measures were taken.
The girl regained a pulse and was taken to a Milwaukee-area hospital in critical condition Thursday evening before she died Friday afternoon.
Contact Mia Thurow at mthurow@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: 15-year-old girl pulled from Lake Michigan dies Friday afternoon
