By Associated Press - Wednesday, May 31, 2017

MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (AP) - Police in Tennessee say a teenage girl has died in an apparent drowning at a campground.

Wilson County Sheriff’s Lt. Scott Moore tells media outlets the 17-year-old girl was on top of a buoy when she was hit by a wave at the Cedar Creek recreational area and never resurfaced Monday.

Moore says the girl was taken to a hospital where she later died. The victim’s name was not immediately released.



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