Boy, 14, dies after leaping into Lake Michigan in Indiana despite being warned against doing so

Indiana officials say a 14-year-old boy died after leaping into Lake Michigan despite being warned not to jump off a breakwall.

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. — 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.

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 Chicago’s lakeside Jeorse Park.

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