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COLUMBIA, SC – Charges are expected Friday against two law enforcement officers from South Carolina who were carrying two mentally ill people who were 39 were drowned under the back According to statements of a prosecutor at several media outlets, a van would have been a victim of Hurricane Florence.
Stephen Flood will be charged with two counts of irresponsible homicide and manslaughter, said lawyer Ed Clements to the media last Thursday. Joshua Bishop will be charged with manslaughter, two counts,
Flood and Bishop were fired from the Horry County Sheriff's Office in October as part of an internal investigation. Authorities said the two MPs were driving Wendy Newton, 45, and Nicolette Green, 43, in Marion County, to a mental health facility, as part of a court ruling. when their van was washed away by floods caused by torrential rains. caused by Hurricane Florence
The mighty tropical system crashed on the southeast coast on September 14th causing severe flooding, weakened and almost out of gear for several days in the Carolinas.
Green and Newton drowned at the back of the locked van on September 18th. Officials from Horry County said the MPs had tried in vain to save the women from the van, which was next door, blocking the door that MPs should have unlocked. with a key. When the rescue teams finally arrived, the van was under water and the deputies were ripped off its roof
Many roads in the northeast state were flooded and blocked in the days after the powerful storm. The sheriff's department authorities said the national guards responsible for keeping motorists out of the area had waved a barricade near the Little Pee Dee River in a sheriff's marked vehicle.
Multiple river officials closely monitored the events following the storm.
In the following months, a legislative committee opened hearings on the incident and discussed possible changes to the legislation on how police treat incarcerated patients in psychiatric hospitals.
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