Emergency vehicles on the scene of the Tuesday drowning
According to Coffee County Sheriff Steve Graves, around 4 p.m. a 17-year-old Cannon County male, whose name had not been released at press time, went under the water and never surfaced. “He apparently slipped on some of the slick rocks and went under the water,” the sheriff stated.
According to the sheriff, some of the teens with the drowning victim went to the top of the falls and when they looked down, “they saw him in the water.” Graves stated that the teenagers then rushed to get their friend out of the water and one friend started CPR but was unable to revive him.
The Coffee County Ambulance Service, the Coffee County Rescue Squad and the Tullahoma Fire Department responded and attempted to revive the teenager.
Coffee County Sheriff Deputy Kelly Smith was first officer on the scene and the Sgt. Danny Ferrell arrived and investigated the incident.
The body was then transferred to the State Medical Examiner’s Officer where an autopsy will be performed today. (Tullahoma News)
