Crews have recovered the body of a teenager who went missing at Old Hickory Lake in Wilson County.
Officials with the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office said 17-year-old Jaquan Alexander Rodriguez jumped off a bluff into the lake around 5 p.m. Monday.
He never resurfaced.
The cliff was estimated to be about 30-feet. Three other teens, around the same age, were with him but were not injured.
Officials showing us the cliff where Alex jumped from. They call it a dangerous area of the channel to swim in @NC5 pic.twitter.com/WqC55ohpHI
— Chris Conte (@NC5_ChrisConte) July 12, 2016
Crews were able to recover his body shortly after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
Family members of the teenager who drowned in Old Hickory are here. Their screams of pain are heartbreaking @NC5 pic.twitter.com/5jOLdACYXg
— Chris Conte (@NC5_ChrisConte) July 12, 2016
Authorities said he was a student at Hunters Lane High School.
The Wilson County Emergency Management Agency, Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency and Hendersonville Fire Department aided in the recovery efforts.
No additional details were known.
