Bremen man drowns while kite surfing on Lake Michigan

Photo courtesy: Indiana Department of Natural Resources

LA PORTE COUNTY, Ind. - A Bremen man died after kite surfing on Lake Michigan on Saturday, according to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources.

At 5:23 p.m. Central Standard Time, La Porte County dispatch got a 911 call about a man who nearly drowned while kite surfing near Washington Park Beach.

The investigation found that 56-year-old Douglas Tolle was in a kite surfing lesson when, for unknown reasons, he began struggling in the water.

By the time other kite surfers got to Tolle, he was unconscious.

Tolle was taken to shore and CPR was started.

He was taken to the hospital in critical condition but died from his injuries shortly after 1 p.m. Central Standard Time on Monday.

The preliminary cause of death is cardiac arrest due to drowning, according to reports.