mental health patients drown while shackled in back of sheriff's van in south carolina

Two female mental health patients drown after rapidly rising floods caused by Florence engulfed a sheriff's van while they were shackled in the back
Van was carrying two detainees to different facility in Darlington, South Carolina
It was near the Little Pee Dee River, one of the bodies of water being watched
Marion County Coroner Jerry Richardson confirmed the victims were female
Two deputies were rescued but the detainees died in the tragedy on Tuesday

Two female mental health patients drowned in rising floodwaters while chained up in the back of a sheriff's van.

The van was carrying the detainees to a different facility in Darlington, South Carolina when it was overtaken by flood waters on Tuesday.

Two deputies were rescued but the detainees died.

The tragedy happened near the Little Pee Dee River, one of the bodies of water that state officials are watching following the heavy rains of storm Florence.

Marion County Coroner Jerry Richardson confirmed the victims were female. Their names have not been released.


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