Overview

• Four visitors from Indiana were involved, including two male operators ages 21 and 22 and two female passengers ages 22 and 21.
• They were riding side by side when the 21-year-old moved ahead and his craft suddenly slowed, leading to a rear-end impact by the 22-year-old’s jet ski.
• A nearby boater brought both men to shore, and the two women returned using one of the jet skis.
• The 21-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the other two declined transport.
• The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is investigating the incident, which occurred as the group visited a friend’s house on Gages Lake.