MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A northwest Indiana man was killed after a large wave swept him and a friend into Lake Michigan.

Indiana Conservation police say the two were walking along a breakwall leading to the Michigan City Lighthouse on on Friday evening, Dec. 21, when a more-than 10-foot high wave knocked both into the water.

One of the men, a 22-year-old from LaPorte, swam back to the breakwall and threw a life ring into the water. But his friend, identified as Slater Harkleroad, 20, did not resurface.

The U.S. Coast Guard later pulled Harkleroad, of Union Mills, from the water. He was taken to a hospital where he was produced dead.