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Accidents that have occurred in Chicago's "Playpen," an area of Lake Michigan popular with boaters, have left several people with serious injuries this summer.
A man was seriously injured on a boat at The Playpen Chicago on Saturday afternoon, the Chicago Fire Department said. CFD said the man suffered a foot injury at the popular area for boaters in the ...
Here’s what to know about the party-friendly area of Lake Michigan known as the “Playpen” after a second boating accident in a week. The Playpen is a no-wake boating hot spot, just south of ...
Lana Batochir had been floating on an inflatable raft, enjoying the warm weather at Chicago’s swimmer-filled, party-friendly “Playpen.” Then a 37-foot yacht suddenly reversed, suc… ...
Chicago police pulled in a man's body from Lake Michigan's "Playpen" after a boater spotted the corpse. Earlier this week, a woman had her feet severed by a boat's propeller.
A Lake Michigan recovery mission resumed Sunday after a man fell off a boat at the Chicago Playpen Saturday, the fire department said.
Authorities say it could take weeks or even months before they finish their investigation of a boating accident in the “Playpen” in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier that severed a woman’s feet ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A woman who lost both her legs in a terrible boating accident on Lake Michigan is now walking on her own. She was one of two people riding on a raft in Chicago's "Playpen" area ...
CHICAGO (CBS) --She remembers everything, and for the first time a woman is speaking about the tragic moment in Lake Mighigan's popular Playpen area, when a boat propeller severed her feet. "I ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- First responders suspended their rescue search for a missing boater in the Playpen near Navy Pier in Chicago, instead saying any further searches will be a recovery effort. People ...
‘I knew I would die.’ Woman recounts ‘Playpen’ boating accident near Oak Street Beach that severed her feet “My husband truly saved my life when he pulled me out of the water,” said ...