Drowning tileFannin County, Ga., girl, 13, drowns in Gulf
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – A Fannin County, Ga., girl has died after being pulled from the waters off the Florida Panhandle.
The Bay County Sheriff’s Office said 13-year-old Jade McCallister was visiting Panama City Beach with a group from her church in Morganton, Ga.
Bystanders pulled the girl from the Gulf of Mexico on Monday afternoon. Deputies tried to revive her at the scene, but she was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The sheriff’s office said the medical examiner will perform an autopsy.
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