Maryland family recovering following Volusia van crash that killed 3 Share Updated: 6:14 PM EDT Apr 1, 2021 Share Updated: 6:14 PM EDT Apr 1, 2021
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Show Transcript DEVASTATED EVERYONE INVOLVED. WESH 2’S CLAIRE METZ SPOKE WITH A FAMILY FRIEND THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THEM JUST KIND OF WOKE UP TO THE IMPACT. CLAIRE: LACHETT LANDRUM ZOOMED WITH US FROM HALIFAX HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER, WHERE TWO MEMBERS OF A MARYLAND FAMILY ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THIS HORRIFIC CRASH ON I-95 NEAR ORMOND BEACH. 10 PEOPLE WERE IN A VAN, MOST OF THEM SLEEPING ON THE WAY HOME FROM AN ORLANDO AREA VACATION. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE DRIV LOST CONTROL, THE VAN OVERTURNED, AND THE ROOF PEALED BACK EJECTING MANY. 4-YEAR-OLD MILA BANKS AND HER 19-YEAR-OLD SISTER LEGACY WERE KILLED, ALONG WITH AN UNCLE. THE GIRL S MOTHER, MONIQUE NELSON, SUFFERED MULTIPLE INJURIES. MONIQUE GRABBED BABY MILA AND JUST HELD HER REALLY TIGHT, AND THEN SHE DIDN’T REALLY REMEMBE ANYT
Organizations push for more vaccination events in Black communities Share Updated: 8:47 PM EDT Mar 31, 2021 Share Updated: 8:47 PM EDT Mar 31, 2021
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Show Transcript HEALTH DEPARTMENT DELIVERED WITH SEVERAL CLINICS AT THE MIDTOWN CULTURAL AND EDUCATION CENTE I WAS SCARED TO GET THE SHOT, BUT I’M SCARDER OF COVID THAN I AM THE SHOT. CLAIRE: DEBRA FRAZIER WAS AMONG DOZENS OF PEOPLE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID. SOMETHING SHE WAS A BIT RELUCTANT TO DO, BUT FRAZIER DECIDED IT JUST MAKES SENSE SINCE THE CLINIC IS LOCATED IN HER PREDOMINATELY AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THEY SAID BLACK PEOPLE GET IT MORE, SO I THINK EVERYBODY IN MY COMMUNITY SHOULD GET IT. CLAIRE: AND TO MAKE IT THIS CONVENIENT HELPS? YES. IT HELPS A LOT. IT HELPED ME. CLAIRE: SEVERAL LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN WORKING TO RAISE COVID AWARENESS AMONG MINORITY POPULATIONS AND CREATE EASY ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. PASTOR DERRICK HARRIS, WITH THE BLACK CLERGY ALL
A Central Florida officer who was fired in 2018 over an excessive force case has been reinstated.DeLand officer Johan Mulero will get his job back. The arbitrator determined the city s investigation into Mulero s actions was flawed. City officials say the arbitrator agreed his actions warranted termination but gave him his job back based on technicalities. It s unbelievable, Mulero s victim, Allan Kidd said.Kidd is stunned Mulero is reinstated. Mulero was fired when his body camera video surfaced two years ago. Officials determined it showed Mulero falsely detain Kidd then used excessive force while arresting him. This police officer was totally out of line and there s no way he should ever have gotten his job back as a police officer or as a gardener, as far as I m concerned, Kidd said.City officials agree with Kidd. They maintain termination was the right move despite the arbitrators decision. We found that there was actually a pattern of mistreatment of members of the pub
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Volusia 911 dispatchers train to help those with mental health crises Share Updated: 6:19 PM EST Feb 17, 2021 Share Updated: 6:19 PM EST Feb 17, 2021
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Show Transcript OPERATORS ARE BEING SPECIFICALLY TRAINED TO DEAL WITH SUICIDAL CALLERS OR THOSE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST TO CONNECT A LIFE BRIDGE TO THEM. CLAIRE: THESE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO SEND EMERGENCY CREWS TO DISASTERS, GUIDE CALLERS THROUGH CPR, AND INCREASINGLY DEAL WITH THOSE IN MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS. OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE PANDEMIC HAS DRIVEN 911 CALL VOLUME UP, AND HELPING THOSE IN CRISIS, THOSE CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE, DEMANDS ADDITIONAL TRAINING. TO BUILD THAT CONFIDENCE AND TO GIVE THEM MORE TOOLS IN ORDER TO RELATE TO THE CALLER SO THAT WE CAN INCREASE THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT DOESN’T END IN A TRAGIC SITUATION. YOU ARE HOPING NOT TO SAY THE WRONG THING CLAIRE: JAMES OEHMKE HAS BEEN A SHERIFF’S DISPATCHER ON THE