Girl found safe, grandfather and great-grandfather found dead after boat capsizes on Illinois lake

A 7-year-old girl was found safe and two men were found dead after the boat they were in capsized at LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife area in Illinois.

Two Indiana men have died and a 7-year-old girl has been found safe after the boat they were fishing from was found capsized on an eastern Illinois lake.

Police responded Sunday to a 911 call at LaSalle Lake State Fish and Wildlife area, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Monday in a release.

The girl had been wearing a life jacket and was found onshore with park visitors. She had been on the 17-foot boat with her 53-year-old grandfather and her 80-year-old great-grandfather. The two men were not wearing life jackets, according to police.

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They were pronounced dead by a coroner after their bodies were recovered at about 7:45 p.m. Sunday.

The girl's grandfather was from Merrillville, Indiana, while her great-grandfather lived in Gary, Indiana.

Police were investigating how the boat capsized. The 2,000-acre lake is near Marseilles, about 84 miles southwest of Chicago.

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