Chicago police said a man died Thursday afternoon after he fell off a jet ski in Lake Michigan near Navy Pier.

The 52-year-old man, whose identity wasn’t immediately revealed, was riding on the watercraft near the 900 block of East Grand Avenue when he fell into the water around 4 p.m., police said.

After the Chicago Fire Department’s Marine unit pulled the man from the water, he was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Police were conducting a death investigation pending an autopsy scheduled for Friday. Originally Published: August 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM CDT

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