9-year-old girl dead, 14-year-old girl hospitalized after being pulled from Lake Michigan in Gary, Indiana
GARY, Ind. (CBS) -- A 9-year-old girl is dead and a 14-year-old girl was briefly hospitalized after they were pulled from Lake Michigan n Gary, Indiana Tuesday afternoon.
At 2:25 p.m., a witness saw the two girls struggling in the water at a section of Marquette Park Beach with no lifeguards, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.
Beachgoers were able to pull one girl out of the water, and a Lake County, Indiana Sheriff's helicopter found the other and directed responders to her.
Both girls were rushed to Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus in Gary. The 14-year-old girl was treated and released, but the 9-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the hospital.
She is identified as Tianna Hatten.
Gary officials also mentioned an 8-year-old boy being rescued from the water, but the Department of Natural Resources had no mention of a boy.