Maryland
4th Key Bridge Victim Found Dead In Baltimore Waters: Officials
BALTIMORE, MD — Crews on Sunday found the body of a fourth construction worker who died in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, a press release said Monday afternoon.
At the family’s request, officials are not yet releasing the victim’s name.
Salvage teams found what they thought was one of the missing construction vehicles that fell into the Patapsco River when a cargo ship crashed into it on March 26. The salvage teams promptly notified authorities.
The Maryland State Police, the FBI and the Maryland Transportation Authority Police responded and found the victim trapped inside the vehicle.
The victim’s body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and was positively identified on Monday.
The road crew was on the bridge patching potholes on I-695 overnight when the cargo ship Dali lost power and steering and slammed into a support of the Baltimore bridge, bringing the entire structure down.
Read all of Patch’s Key Bridge collapse coverage here.
The Maryland State Police, an FBI Victim Specialist and linguist, the Baltimore County Mobile Crisis Team and the Governor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs met with and notified family members on Monday.
Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott said he was grateful for the work of the salvage teams for their effort to recover the fourth victim to help bring closure for the family.
“Our hearts continue to break for the loved ones of these victims. Our entire city remains with them, joining them in mourning and in healing now that one more of their loved ones has been brought home,” Scott said. “For those still waiting, we join them in their hope and grief that they will have the same closure soon.”
The body of a third missing road crew worker — Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38, of northwestern Honduras — was recovered at the bridge collapse site on April 5 by divers.
Two men’s bodies were found in a pickup truck shortly after the collapse: Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Baltimore, and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera, 26, of Dundalk.
Miguel Luna, from El Salvador, Carlos Hernández and Jose Mynor Lopez were the three missing victims, media reports said. The group of workers hailed from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.
Two workers are still missing and presumed dead.
“As we mourn the lives lost and continue the recovery operation, we recognize each missing individual is someone’s beloved friend or family member,” said Colonel Roland L. Butler Jr., Superintendent of the Maryland Department of State Police, “Along with all of our allied law enforcement partners, we pledge to exhaust the physical and technical aspects of their training while deploying every available resource possible.”
A fundraiser that the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs set up for the families of those killed is accepting donations online at www.baltimorecivicfund.org.
Maryland
Youth Reform Act advances out of Maryland Senate committee
Maryland
Maryland family wants answers after boy with special needs breaks leg in class
HYATTSVILLE, Md. — The parents of a 7-year-old first grader with autism are demanding answers from Prince George’s County Public Schools after their son suffered a severe leg fracture while at school — an injury no one has been able to explain.
Daevian Donaldson, a student at Felegy Elementary School in Hyattsville, is recovering from surgery after his femur was snapped and displaced during class last Friday, according to his parents, Daechele Kaufman and Anthony Donaldson.
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Kaufman said the day began normally as she dropped Daevian and his twin brother off for first grade. Around 9 a.m., she received an alarming phone call from the school.
“They just said he was on the floor screaming and didn’t want anyone to touch him,” Kaufman said.
She rushed to the school and found her son with obvious trauma to his leg. Neither staff nor Daevian — who communicates differently because he is on the autism spectrum — could explain how the injury occurred, she said.
Doctors later confirmed the severity of the injury through X-rays.
“When I saw the X-ray and one of the nurses said he was going to need surgery, all these wheels started turning,” Kaufman said.
Daevian Donaldson, a student at Felegy Elementary School in Hyattsville, is recovering from surgery after his femur was snapped and displaced during class, according to his parents. (7News)
The parents said they later learned Daevian’s regular teacher was attending a meeting at the time, and the special-needs classroom was being supervised by a substitute. They said no clear explanation has been provided for how a child could suffer such a serious injury without staff noticing what happened.
“It’s definitely neglect,” Kaufman said. “You can’t turn away and come back and say, ‘Oh, you fell,’ for a major injury like that. That’s not acceptable.”
After the family raised concerns publicly, Prince George’s County Public Schools issued a statement saying the district is investigating the incident and has placed the staff member involved on administrative leave.
Anthony Donaldson said that response does not go far enough.
“It needs to be more than one person on administrative leave,” he said. “Several people need to be evaluated on how they’re trained, or they need to be fired.”
Daevian is continuing to recover after surgery but is still experiencing pain, his parents said. As the interview concluded, the 7-year-old quietly asked for his medication.
The family said they want accountability — and assurances that other children, especially those with special needs, will be kept safe.
Maryland
Man killed in Maryland barn fire believed to be ‘The Wire’ actor Bobby J. Brown
The St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office is reporting that a 62-year-old man died in a barn fire at his home in Chaptico, Md. It’s believed that the victim was actor Bobby J. Brown, who starred on “The Wire.”
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