Publication date: 08/19/2002By:Fishermen died by drowningCHANNAHON — Will County Coroner Patrick O'Neil's office ruled thedeaths of three fishermen whose bodies were found Saturday afternoon in theDes Plaines River as drownings after autopsies were performed Sunday.
An hour later a barge tender saw the boat riding low in the water, and then at
11 a.m.
he spotted the capsized vessel drifting in the water.
Weavers, Brown and Gaters were not wearing life vests at the time, and
authorities do not think they had any in the boat.
Mark Simon, of the Illinois Department of Natural
Resource's Conservation Police.
The coroner's office will conduct an inqu...
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