MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Montgomery County middle schooler has been at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt for nearly three weeks, having undergone emergency brain surgery after he was reportedly put in a chokehold by an older student on a bus.
According to Jamie Horton, her 12-year-old son, Hayden Horton, was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for more than a week, but now he’s out. However, he has yet to talk, walk, or even eat solid foods.
Jamie acknowledged that multiple agencies — including the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) — are investigating what happened.
Specifically, the mother is questioning why two adults on that Montgomery County school bus allegedly watched her child being choked but took no action or even reported it as she said.
With tears in her eyes and pain in her heart, Jamie told News 2 how hard the last few weeks have been.
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