REGION II
District 2 CPOs made four OUI arrests and two drug arrests during boat patrols on the Chain O’Lakes.

A CPO is investigating a fatal boat accident/incident that occurred on the Kankakee River near Dresden Nuclear Station Saturday night. Three subjects were returning from a riverside bar around 2:30 am in a pontoon boat.

Two of the subjects (father/daughter) were extremely intoxicated, according to the boat operator. The female went to the rear of the pontoon boat and fell off.

The father jumped in after her. The boat operator grabbed available life jackets, jumped in the water and swam to the female, who was violent and refused to take the life jacket. The boat operator swam to the father, who also refused to take a life jacket.

The boat began drifting away so the operator swam back to the boat. The female swam to the intake of the Dresden Nuclear Station where she clung to the intake grate refusing to get out of the water. The father was last seen disappearing under the surface of the water.

County police responded and had to remove the female from the water against her will.

Search and rescue from boats and shoreline commenced and continued throughout the day on Sunday.

District 3 officers additionally utilized the airboat to search the vast swampy sections of the river otherwise inaccessible by boat. Water and shoreline search will continue on Monday.