16-year-old from New Jersey dies after going underwater in Lake Michigan in northwest Indiana

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. — Indiana Conservation Officers are investigating the death of a New Jersey teen in Lake Michigan in northwest Indiana.

According to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the LaPorte County Communications center got a 911 call Monday, Aug. 17, around 2 p.m. about a teen boy swimming nearby who went underwater and did not resurface.

When crews arrived at the scene, they quickly began searching before a Michigan City firefighter found the teen, got in the water, and pulled him to shore, DNR said…

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