CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- A second body was recovered Friday after four boaters went missing when their boat sank in the Sanitary and Ship Canal on the Southwest Side.
Divers with Chicago police pulled the body from the canal about 3 p.m. near Pulaski Road, according to Illinois Conservation Police Sgt. Joshua Mooi.
The man, who was in his 20s, was taken to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, Mooi said. His identity has not been released.
On Wednesday, hours after the 26-foot recreational boat sank near Pulaski Road with four men aboard, state police found the body of 32-year-old Elmer Jimenez floating in the river about 11:30 a.m. in suburban Forest View, about four miles downstream, Illinois State Police said.
That morning, Chicago Police’s Marine Unit pulled the boat from the water, but the vessel was empty, police said. The boat probably sank sometime between midnight and 5 a.m. Wednesday, when authorities were initially alerted to the sunken vessel by the crew of a barge, Mooi said.
Based on the damage to the boat, Mooi said it sank after hitting a barge or a bridge.
The search continued Friday for the two missing men, Mooi said. Authorities were using sonar to find the missing men. The search is concentrating in the canal between California and Cicero avenues.