A 16-year-old Canton girl was flown to Akron Children’s Hospital Sunday evening after being pulled from the lake at Wood’s Tall Timber Resort, where she had been underwater for several minutes, according to local authorities.
The Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office received the emergency call at 5:05 p.m. The teen had reportedly gone under while on a trampoline in the water and failed to resurface, Sheriff Orvis Campbell said.
Resort staff quickly organized a group of volunteers to search the lake. The searchers formed a line and entered the water, eventually locating the girl and bringing her to shore.
CPR was performed by a resort guest and lifeguards before being taken over by deputies and members of the New Philadelphia Fire Department, who responded to the scene.
The teen had a pulse and was breathing when she was flown by medical helicopter to the hospital, Campbell said. Her current condition was not immediately available.
Four lifeguards were reportedly on duty at the time of the incident.
The resort posted that the beach and lake will be closed until further notice on Monday morning.
