FATAL BOAT CRASH ON CAL-SAG NEAR PALOS HILLS/PALOS HEIGHTS

FRI JUN 20 2014 ~7:11 PM
NORTH PALOS FPD
FATAL BOAT CRASH
SOUTHWEST HWY, CAL-SAG BRIDGE, PALOS HEIGHTS, IL)

REPORT OF A LARGE NOISE NEAR SOUTHWEST HIGHWAY AT THE CAL-SAG CHANNEL BRIDGE. BC8 IN COMMAND.

ADVISING METRA SOUTHWEST SERVICE TO BEWARE OF FIREFIGHTERS WORKING IN AREA. ATV TO THE SCENE. CHANGE COMPANIES OFF OF BOX 83.

COLLISION OF A 19-FOOT PLEASURE BOAT AND A 66-FOOT BOAT WITH A CARGO OF SIX BARGES.

TWO BODIES PULLED FROM THE WATER FRIDAY NIGHT. A 40-YEAR-OLD FEMALE, VIENGSAVNH BIELARZ OF ORLAND PARK, AND A 33-YEAR-OLD MALE, JEREMY MUZIKA OF PALOS HILLS, BOTH DIED OF DROWNING AND MULTIPLE INJURIES AFTER THEIR BOAT STRUCK A BARGE.

MISSING IS BOB BIELARZ. SEARCH OPERATIONS CONTINUE FOR BOB BIELARZ AND POSSIBLY UP TO THREE OTHER VICTIMS.

NO VICTIMS WERE VISIBLE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CRASH.

NO HAZMAT OR POLLUTION REPORTED.

US COAST GUARD ON SCENE.

CHANGE OF QUARTERS: SUMMIT FIRE TO NORTH PALOS.

STAGING: WORTH LAUNCH, 115TH ST TWO BLOCKS WEST OF HARLEM AVE, WORTH

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