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9-year-old girl dead, 14-year-old girl hospitalized after being pulled from Lake Michigan in Gary, Indiana

9-year-old girl pulled from Lake Michigan dies, teen rescued
9-year-old girl pulled from Lake Michigan dies, teen rescued 00:24

GARY, Ind. (CBS) -- A 9-year-old girl is dead and a 14-year-old girl was briefly hospitalized after they were pulled from Lake Michigan n Gary, Indiana Tuesday afternoon.

At 2:25 p.m., a witness saw the two girls struggling in the water at a section of Marquette Park Beach with no lifeguards, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

Beachgoers were able to pull one girl out of the water, and a Lake County, Indiana Sheriff's helicopter found the other and directed responders to her.

Both girls were rushed to Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus in Gary. The 14-year-old girl was treated and released, but the 9-year-old girl was pronounced dead at the hospital.

She is identified as Tianna Hatten.

Gary officials also mentioned an 8-year-old boy being rescued from the water, but the Department of Natural Resources had no mention of a boy.

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