Tim Spriggs, of Rosedale, looks on as police investigate a scene where a child was found unconscious on Monday. Spriggs was flagged down by another passerby and performed CPR on the child. (Daniel Varnado, Rome News-Tribune)
Police investigate the scene where a child was found unconscious near a home off Reeceburg Road at the intersection of Booze Mountain Road in Lindale Monday, June 25, 2012. (Daniel Varnado RN-T.com)
Detective Ojilvia Lom (left) and Sgt. Terri Davis investigate a scene where a child was found unconscious near a home off Reeceburg Road at the intersection of Booze Mountain Road on Monday. (Daniel Varnado, Rome News-Tribune)
A police officer talks with a man involved in an incident with an unconscious child near a home off Reeceburg Road at the intersection of Booze Mountain Road Monday. (Daniel Varnado, Rome News-Tribune)
Floyd County police are investigating the death of the child, who was pronounced dead at about 2:30 p.m. on Monday. Her name had not been released late Monday as the investigation into the cause of death was still ongoing.
According to Jerome Poole, spokesman for the Floyd County Police Department, the child was at the residence at the intersection when a family member left the home and took her to a neighbor to get help.
Family members told police they thought the child was experiencing a seizure, Poole said.
Spriggs was on his way to Polk County to do some concrete work for the state when he was flagged down by a man who said he didn’t know CPR. Working for the state, Spriggs said he is required to take a CPR course every year.
He tried to revive the girl before emergency crews arrived.
“It’s just hard to take,” Spriggs said. “I have seven grandchildren.”
The cause of death was unknown Monday and an autopsy was scheduled to be conducted today at the state crime lab in Atlanta, according to Floyd County Coroner Barry Henderson.