Boy, 14, Dies After Leaping Into Lake Michigan in Indiana Despite Being Warned Against Doing So

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) A 14-year-old boy died after leaping into Lake Michigan despite being warned not to jump off a breakwall along the lake's northwestern Indiana shoreline, officials said.

Witnesses reported Monday that staff at the East Chicago Marina had advised a group of young people not to jump from the breakwall, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources said

The agency said the 14-year-old boy jumped off the wall and began to struggle in the water before disappearing below the surface in an area near East Chicagos lakeside Jeorse Park.