Child drowns after sliding into pond while sledding in west Tennessee (Source: WWNY) By WMC Action News 5 Staff | February 22, 2021 at 5:44 PM CST - Updated February 22 at 5:46 PM MCNAIRY COUNY, Tenn. (WMC) - An afternoon of sledding turned deadly over the weekend in McNairy County. Sheriff Guy Buck says a group of children were sledding down a hill in Selmer around 12:30 Sunday afternoon when a little girl between the ages of 6 and 8 slid into a pond. Bystanders jumped in to save her but they were unsuccessful. Buck says first responders used a boat to retrieve her body. She was pronounced dead at the scene.