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irisblue

(32,982 posts) Wed Sep 19, 2018, 10:59 AM Sep 2018

From the NYT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/us/florence-deaths-south-carolina-van.html#click=https://t.co/8NclRG9ifz
From The Hill...https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/407376-two-mental-health-patients-drown-in-hurricane-florence-flooding?amp&__twitter_impression=true

The 2 women were shackled in the van?
The hell?

(From The Hill. https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/407376-two-mental-health-patients-drown-in-hurricane-florence-flooding?amp&__twitter_impression=true
snip..."The two women, being shackled in the car, could not extricate themselves.

Neither patient has been identified, though the coroner in a neighboring county has confirmed they were female. The two deputies transporting the women attempted to pull them to safety, according to Thompson's statement, but could not open the doors to reach them, given how rapidly the water rose.

The NYT story doesn't mention that.

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2 Patients Die in Sheriff's Van Submerged by Florence's Floodwaters (Original Post) irisblue Sep 2018 OP

Charges are appropriate here Lee-Lee Sep 2018 #1

+1000 Pachamama Sep 2018 #3

Horrible.... Pachamama Sep 2018 #2

Good effin' grief malaise Sep 2018 #4

The coroner has released names of the victims. irisblue Sep 2018 #5

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1. Charges are appropriate here

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:01 AM

Sep 2018

When a prisoner is in your custody you are charged with their safety. Driving into the water was criminally negligent with them locked in a shackled.

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3. +1000

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:03 AM

Sep 2018

Completely agree....

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2. Horrible....

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:02 AM

Sep 2018

They were mental health patients....

The deputies got to safety on the roof of the Van while two women shackled drowned.....

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4. Good effin' grief

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 11:13 AM

Sep 2018

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5. The coroner has released names of the victims.

Wed Sep 19, 2018, 01:26 PM

Sep 2018

From local newstation
"https://wpde.com/news/local/two-inmates-killed-after-jail-transport-van-drives-through-flood-waters-sources-say

snip. "According to the Marion County Coroner, the deceased individuals are Windy Newton, 45, of Shallotte, NC and Nicolette Green, 43, of Myrtle Beach. The incident took place in Marion County."

More at website.