officials said.<\/a><\/p>\nThe three boaters left in critical condition were riding on the boat that was struck as the second vessel rode on top of the other, Lach said.<\/p>\n
Officials didn\u2019t reveal which boat Gregory had been a passenger on. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a definite hard collision,\u201d Lach said.<\/p>\n
Two people were thrown overboard from the force of the crash, but both boaters were rescued by other passengers before first responders arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n
Detectives are investigating if alcohol or drugs were involved and if the boat that was struck had lights on at the time of the crash.<\/p>\n
Damage to one of the boats involved in the deadly crash on Lake Michigan on June 25m 2026. ABC 7 Chicago\/YouTube<\/p>\n
First responders investigate the crash after towing the boats back to harbors in Chicago. ABC 7 Chicago\/YouTube<\/p>\n
Water and weather conditions are not believed to have played a role in the fatal collision, Lach said.<\/p>\n
The boat passengers ranged in age from approximately 18 to 26.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of questions we can\u2019t answer until all the investigations done,\u201d Lach said. <\/p>\n
Gregory, a graduate of Gannon University in Pennsylvania, was remembered after her time as a Division II volleyball player.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe extend our heartfelt condolences to Johanna\u2019s family, friends, former teammates, coaches, and all who knew and loved her. She will always be remembered as a member of the Golden Knight family,\u201d the Gannon University Athletics Department said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A New York native known for her \u201cheart of gold\u201d was killed in a horrific multi-boat crash on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":280350,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[8948,8287,1015,4290,5350,9,24,55,54,56,58],"class_list":["post-280349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-boat-crashes","tag-chicago","tag-deaths","tag-great-lakes","tag-illinois","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280349\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}