Report reveals new details about moments leading to death of 15-year-old Dunwoody student – WSB-TV Channel 2

DUNWOODY, Ga. — An incident report reveals more details about what led to the death of a 15-year-old Dunwoody High School student — and paramedics’ efforts to save her life.

Mia Dieguez died on May 6 after fainting at school.

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According to an incident report, when paramedics arrived at Dieguez’s classroom, they found her unconscious and breathing on the floor. The school nurse and resource officers had already deployed an automated external defibrillator and given her two doses of Narcan.

Paramedics performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the school was placed on lockdown.

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At one point, Dieguez asked to go to the nurse to get water. When she returned, she put her head back on the desk for the rest of the class.

When the lunch bell rang, students tried to wake Dieguez up and noticed her skin was discolored and she wasn’t breathing.

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Dieguez was taken to Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 1:40 p.m

Her teacher told police that she had appeared sick for the past few days, and a school official told them that she sometimes took unprescribed medication.

Her sister, Pamela Dieguez, told police that she used drugs recreationally, including Percocet.

Channel 2 Action News spoke with Dieguez’s family in the days following her death. Pamela Dieguez said they alerted school administrators that she may be taking prescription medication.

Dieguez’s toxicology reports have not been released, nor has the cause of death.

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