An 18-year-old lllinois man drowned Saturday afternoon at Miller Beach, where high north winds created dangerous rip currents and hampered search efforts.
Rayan Mohammed, 18, of Bartlett, Illinois, died as a result of asphyxia from an accidental drowning, according to a release from the Lake County Coroner’s Office.Around 2:40 p.m., Gary Police were notified that a person was missing in Lake Michigan and responded to the Miller Beach area, according to a release from Gary spokesman Cmdr. Samuel Roberts. The man’s uncle told police that he last saw his nephew swimming around 2 p.m.
Multiple agencies with dive teams responded to the scene to search, including the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. High winds, which created three to six-foot waves, made the search difficult.Around 6 p.m., a beachgoer saw a body in the water approximately three quarters of a mile from where the man was last seen, the DNR release said. A recovery was made near Newton Street and Oak Ave, and the victim was pronounced dead on scene, officials said.
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