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Teenage Boy Rescued, Man Dead After Car Plunges Into Calumet River
A 16-year-old boy was rescued by a passing boat, police said. The 38-year-old man later died at the hospital.
CHICAGO (CBS) — Witnesses said at 6:49 p.m., a man was driving north on Torrence Avenue near the bridge at what would be about 124th Street in the South Deering community, when the car went through a retention net and into the water as the bridge was going up. The bridge at the site is a vertical lift bridge, rather than a bascule bridge like the downtown Chicago bridges.
A 16-year-old boy was rescued by a passing boat, police said. The Fire Department said the boy was taken to the University of Chicago’s Comer Children’s Hospital. He was reported in good condition Sunday night. The 38-year-old man later died at the hospital, police said.