More Information Released On The Serious ATV Accident Of Jamie Lynn Spears 8-Year-Old Daughter Maddie Aldridge

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More Information Released On The Serious ATV Accident Of Jamie Lynn Spears 8-Year-Old Daughter Maddie Aldridge

February 7. 2017

Maddie Aldridge

Additional information has been released on the tragic drowning accident regarding pretty 8-year-old Maddie Aldridge (also known as Maddie Watson) the daughter of singer/actress Jamie Lynn Spears. Aldridge is also the niece of singer Britney Spears. Aldridge is currently in hospital and seriously injured. She was riding a Polaris ATV vehicle on her family's property in Louisiana, during a hunting expedition. Jamie Lynn Spears watched from a distance as the accident unfolded.

People magazine stated, "8-year-old Maddie was driving an ATV on Sunday within view of Spears and her husband Jamie Watson when she took a hard right to avoid running over a nearby drainage ditch, causing the ATV to 'enter the pond' on her parents’ property."

The police report states, "The ATV and child were instantly submerged in the water right before their eyes. Within seconds the child’s mother, stepfather and other family members reached the pond, dove in and attempted to rescue the child to no avail. The child was trapped and secured by the seatbelt and the ATV’s safety netting. Within two minutes, Acadian Ambulance Services arrived and assisted in freeing the child from the cold waters.”

This means between the time Maddie's vehicle careened out of control and accidentally went into the pond, her family rushing to her aid, but were unable to free her from the ATV, someone calling paramedics, their arrival and extrication of the child from the water, the young girl was indeed underwater without oxygen for "several minutes."

Though the temperature in New Orleans, Louisiana was 64 degrees on Sunday, it is helpful, but not the optimal number that assists in delaying brain damage under such circumstances. It is said people who are accidentally submerged in cold water, as opposed to warm or hot, have a better prognosis, due to what is referred to as the "Mammalian Diving Response."

The brain begins slowing down respiration and leeching oxygen from the blood and muscles in a bid at surviving an underwater submersion catastrophe. It's an amazing physiological and metabolic response. However, it can only go so far and last so long, dependent on the temperature and length of time the victim is submerged without oxygen.

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Posted on February 6, 2017 at 7:54pm EST ... Per a police report obtained by PEOPLE, 8-year-old Maddie was driving an ATV on Sunday within view of Spears and her husband Jamie Watson when she took a hard right to avoid running over a nearby drainage ditch, causing the ATV to “enter the pond” on her parents’ property.

“The ATV and child were instantly submerged in the water right before their eyes. Within seconds the child’s mother, stepfather and other family members reached the pond, dove in and attempted to rescue the child to no avail,” states the report. “The child was trapped and secured by the seatbelt and the ATV’s safety netting. Within two minutes, Acadian Ambulance Services arrived and assisted in freeing the child from the cold waters.”...

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