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Family of woman who drowned in HCSO van to file lawsuit against hospital that released her

The family of a woman who drowned in floodwaters while locked in an Horry County Sheriff’s Office van intends to file a lawsuit against the hospital that released her. Wendy Newton, along with Nicolette Green, drowned in 2018 when a transport van was swept off the road by floodwaters from Hurricane Florence. The van filled with water and took the lives of the confined women. According to the filing made in Horry County court Thursday, Newton had arranged transportation for herself from Chadbourn, N.C., to McLeod-Loris Seacoast Hospital as she was having anxiety about Hurricane Florence. The filing claims that ...

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