The White Pine Police Department is investigating the death of five-year-old child.
Officers with the WPPD, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, White Pine Fire Department and Jefferson County EMS went to Harrison Road yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon. The call was for a five-year-old child with special needs in cardiac arrest.
They arrived on the scene within two minutes of the call to find the child dead who was then taken to the Knox County Forensic Center for an autopsy.
One person was arrested at the scene on a charge not related to the child’s death.
