COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) - The Cocke County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a three-year-old child died following a car accident Monday afternoon.

Sheriff CJ Ball said first responders went to a home on Ridgeland Drive in Newport shortly after 4 p.m. on Monday after receiving a report of a car accident involving a three-year-old child.

There, Ball said first responders found the child with his parents with what appeared to be critical injuries. Responders gave him aid and took him to the hospital, where he passed away.

Detectives were called to the scene to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident, Ball said.

“We ask for you to please pray for this family and first responders during this tragic accident and God be with them,” Ball said.

Ball said the investigat

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