An 11-year-old girl died after jumping from a footbridge into a pond behind her Bolingbrook school during what witnesses said was a game with friends.
Divers pulled Jordan Oliver from the pond at Indian Chase Meadows Park about 45 minutes after she sank beneath the surface, according to Bolingbrook Police Lt. Mike Rompa. Paramedics administered CPR while taking her to Bolingbrook Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 8:08 p.m.
Witnesses told WGN-TV that Jordan was with friends on a footbridge over the pond around 5 p.m., jumping into the water while playing a game.
"First round, they all jump in. The girl said she couldn't swim," a witness told the station. "Second round, they went in. She jumped again." Jordan couldn't get to the shore and another girl "tried to hand her her foot. . .She jumped into the water to try to save her.
"By the time she tried to save her, the girl was already deep in the water."
Dive teams from the Bolingbrook and Naperville fire departments were called to the pond, which is behind Pioneer Elementary School in the 1400 block of Raven Drive, around 5:45 p.m.. She was found in about 12 feet of water around 6:30 p.m.
Jordan was remembered as a standout 5th grader at Pioneer.
"She was a very sweet, very responsible young lady and was an outstanding student," Pioneer Principal Carmen Killingsworth said in a statement.
A team of crisis counselors will be on hand at the school today, the principal added.
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