12-year-old boy dies after being pulled from lake at Willow Springs campground, officials say

WILLOW SPRINGS, Ill. (WLS) -- A 12-year-old boy is dead after being pulled from a lake at a campground in southwest suburban Willow Springs on Friday evening, officials said.

A Forest Preserves of Cook County spokesperson said according to witnesses, the child and his younger brother, a 9-year-old, ended up in the water at Camp Bullfrog Lake after one of the boys slipped in.

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Visitors who were fishing on the lake's bank were able to pull the younger boy to safety from shallower water.

A dive team from the North Palos Fire Department and Water Rescue Team found the older boy unresponsive just before 7:45 p.m.

The 12-year-old was taken to Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, where he was pronounced dead just before 8:30 p.m.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office identified him as Asael Gonzalez-Guel.

Further information was not immediately available.