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Woman, daughter rescued from Stone Mountain Lake after girl slips in
A mother and daughter were rescued from Stone Mountain Lake on Saturday afternoon after the 9-year-old girl slipped into the water, according to officials. A family of five was hiking on an offshoot of a trail when the girl slipped in and her mother jumped in after her. Neither the mother nor daughter could swim. Family members called 911 and jumped in to save them.
STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. - A mother and daughter were rescued from Stone Mountain Lake on Saturday afternoon after the 9-year-old girl slipped into the water, according to officials.
What we know:
The incident happened around 3 p.m. as a family of five was hiking on an offshoot of the Cherokee Trail. Officials said the girl took off her shoes and slipped on a wet rock, falling into the lake. Her 44-year-old mother jumped in after her, but neither could swim.
Authorities said the area where the incident occurred is a deep part of the lake.
Family members called 911, and the girl’s brother jumped in to help. He was able to rescue the 9-year-old from the water, but could not rescue the mother. The father jumped in to help, and was able to bring the mother closer to shore, but needed help to get her out of the water.
Stone Mountain Park police officers arrived at the lake at 3:05 p.m. and pulled the woman from the water. Officials said she was only in the water for four minutes. Officers performed CPR until paramedics arrived.
The woman was taken to Emory DeKalb Hospital and is currently in the ICU.
The girl was also transported to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta for evaluation and is expected to be okay.
What we don't know:
Officials have not released the names of anyone involved.
The Source: Information in this article came from a conversation between FOX 5 and Stone Mountain Park officials.