CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — Two women were hospitalized after a boating accident along Chicago’s lakefront in an area known as the "playpen" Saturday.
The Chicago Fire Department said the two women were in the water, possibly on a raft, when a boat backed or drifted into them.
It happened at around 5 p.m. in the area between Oak Street Beach and Ohio Street Beach, which is a popular spot for boats to anchor.
A Chicago Fire Department spokesperson told WBBM the two women were taken to Northwestern Hospital in serious to critical condition.
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