MANATEE COUNTY (WSNN) - A Manatee County 911 operator receives national recognition for going above and beyond to help someone on the other line of the call.
On the eve of the three-year anniversary of Kyle Plush s death, the city of Cincinnati has agreed to pay $6 million to the teenager s family to settle a wrongful death lawsuit, the second-largest settlement in city history.
The suit was filed after police and 911 center workers failed to rescue the teen, who died after he became trapped under the seat of the minivan he drove to school.
Plush voice-called 911 on April 10, 2018 from the parking lot of Seven Hills School where he was trapped inside a Honda Odyssey. Help never arrived. His death prompted months of city hearings and allegations that the 911 center wasn t property staffed or trained, and in August 2019 the Plush family sued the city.