A man died in a suspected watercraft crash Sunday afternoon on the Fox River in McHenry, officials report.
The Nunda Rural Fire Protection District responded to a call at 1:54 p.m. Sunday to the Fox River near Burton’s Bridge on Route 176 in McHenry for a water rescue. One person was reported missing and an “overturned jet ski was seen in the middle of the Fox River,” Nunda Rural Fire Protection District communication specialist Alex Vucha said in a news release.
Crews had been searching the river for about an hour when a deceased adult male was found in the water at 3:06 p.m. The man is believed to have crashed on the watercraft, but how or what he crashed into is under investigation by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Vucha said…