New Market, TN (WOKI) UPDATE 4/15: A teen girl has died in the hospital after drowning Monday in Jefferson County.
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says deputies were called around 6:00 p.m. Monday to a home on Whitaker Road in New Market for a reported drowning.
When deputies arrived on scene, CPR was already being performed on 17-year-old Camyrn Hawthorne by family members. Hawthorne also received treatment at the scene by Jefferson County EMS assisted by New Market Fire & Rescue before being transported to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in critical condition.
Hawthorne died Tuesday morning, April 15 at the hospital.
JCSO has ruled the drowning accidental.
ORIGINAL STORY: A drowning in Jefferson County is ruled accidental.
Deputies were called Monday to a home on Whitaker Road in New Market to a report of a drowning. When deputies arrived on scene CPR was being performed by family members. Jefferson County EMS assisted by New Market Fire & Rescue began treatment of the 17 year old victim.
She was transported to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital in Knoxville where she is listed in critical condition.
