Update 08/28/18 10:51 a.m.
According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the child was being pulled on an intertube behind a boat.
Captain Jason Young says the tube swayed and hit the buoy. Young says the child was taken to Le Bonheur Children's Hospital in Memphis.
Her current condition is not known.
The accident remains under investigation.
See the original post below.
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WTVA) - A girl is receiving treatment in the hospital following a boating accident in Aberdeen.
Monroe County Sheriff Cecil Cantrell says the accident happened Sunday at the Aberdeen Lake.
He says the girl was thrown from the boat after hitting a buoy and is being treated for head injuries.
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