Story highlights TMZ has reported the 8-year-old is in serious conditionStatement says the media report is "incorrect"(CNN) The Spears family is asking for privacy following a report that Jamie Lynn Spears' young daughter has been hurt. According to TMZ, Spears 8-year-old daughter Maddie was involved in an ATV accident on Sunday in Kentwood, Louisiana. TMZ reported that Maddie was in serious condition after a vehicle she was on flipped over, plunging her underwater for several minutes. CNN has not confirmed the accident and a statement from a publicist for Maddie's superstar aunt, Britney Spears, disputes TMZ's reporting. "The details the media are reporting surrounding the incident regarding Jamie Lynn's daughter, Maddie, are incorrect," the statement said.

Source: CNN February 06, 2017 17:03 UTC