Deputies who were transporting mental health patients who drowned in Florence floodwaters may have ignored barrier
The New York Daily NewsSep 21, 2018
"I was confused as to why someone would, or the police officers would drive down a road that was in an area that was known for flooding," Green's 19-year-old daughter
State lawmaker
"People need to know exactly how it happened," he said. "It makes it seem like someone took a very unnecessary risk in creating the problem in the first place."
"It hasn't been confirmed to me that they did, but here's my question: There's barriers there," he said. "It could be assumed that he did."
The deputies tried to free the women, but were unable to save them. The bodies were not recovered by responders until Wednesday.
Thompson said he did not believe the women were in restraints in the back of the van.
The women had been involuntarily committed by a physician. Under
The documents authorizing the admission to the hospital require "a law enforcement officer, preferably in civilian clothes and preferably with crisis intervention training, to take into custody and transport the person to the hospital designated by the certification."
Neither woman has an arrest record in
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