PA Fish and Boat Commission Emphasize Lake Erie Safety After 3 Drownings in 3 Weeks

It’s been a tough month of loss in the waters of Lake Erie.

First two swimmers off a disabled fishing boat went under, one trying to safe the other — their bodies recovered several days later near Walnut Creek access area.

Then on Friday, two teens on a kayak off the Kelso Beach area became swamped in the surf — one rescued by a resident on a jet ski. The other, now identified by the coroner as 17-year-old Madison Gallagher from North Huntington near Pittsburgh lost in the water until her body washed up along Presque Isle State Park beach 1 on Sunday…

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