One woman is dead and another lucky to be alive after being trapped in an overturned vehicle stranded in a canal for over a day. Kevin Barnhart has the story.
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Louisiana receives a 3-point-six million dollar federal grant to increase safety at schools statewide. Jeff Palermo has more…
One woman is dead and another in the hospital after being trapped in an overturned vehicle stranded in a canal for over 24 hours. Brittany Guillory and Jada Jones, both of Ville Platte, were on the way home early Sunday morning when the vehicle drove off a curve on North Line Road in Port Allen. West Baton Rouge Sheriff spokesperson Lt. Ken Albarez says the car struck some trees in its path.
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Officials recovered the victims from the canal Monday afternoon after two friends of the girls, Catera Ned and Alexander Chinn went on the hunt for them and eventually found them. Albarez says he believes divine intervention lead them to the vehicle.
Albarez says he considers the friends that put in the effort to find the two, to be heroes.
Guillory died in the accident. Jada Jones survived and continues to recover from her injuries.
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Louisiana will receive 3.6 million dollars from the U-S Department of Education to help schools statewide develop and expand their emergency operation plans for disasters, whether they are natural or manmade. The governor’s education policy advisor, Donald Songy, says they want every school to have a plan in place if students are threatened
Songy says thanks to the grant money, LSU’s counter-terrorist education academy will help schools have a disaster plan in place
The LSU academy works with national experts on how to formulate emergency response plans. He says every public school in the state will feel the impact of this federal grant
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A woman’s body found in Cameron Parish was apparently burned with gasoline as part of a possible homicide. 32-year-old Mitzie Galimidi appears to have already been dead when her body was brought to the scene and doused, according to authorities. Cameron Sheriff Ron Johnson says so far they have very little evidence.
Johnson says if authorities conclude it’s not a homicide case, whoever dumped Mrs. Galimidi still isn’t getting off Scott free.
Police say they discovered the body less than 24 hours after the attempted dumping and burning. Johnson says they determined it was an attempted burning after contacting the Fire Marshal.
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A 37-year-old, ten year veteran of the Louisiana State Police has been arrested and charged with Abuse of Office after an investigation revealed he allegedly used his access to law enforcement databases for unauthorized activities. John Kelley of Troop G is out after posting bond. Trooper Glenn Younger says the investigation is ongoing, but…
Younger says having to arrest one of their own was a tough moment.