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Mother sues state police after death of baby
A Monticello woman who was having labor pains and being rushed to the hospital is suing the Florida Highway Patrol, alleging that her baby died because she was detained for too long over a speeding ticket.
However, the FHP found the trooper acted appropriately and a complaint later filed by the woman was unfounded. The FHP also says an offer for an ambulance was turned down.
Sharita Denmark filed the lawsuit last week in Leon Circuit Court against the FHP and Cpl. Gary Dawson, the trooper. It states that her mother, Brenda Benjamin, was driving her to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on May 25 when Dawson stopped the vehicle on U.S. Highway 90 at Interstate 10.
The lawsuit states that despite being told that she was in labor, Dawson detained her for "an extended period of time." By the time she reached TMH, her baby, Bre'Miria Williams Denmark, was no longer moving. The mother had a caesarean section, but the baby died.
"Ms. Denmark was informed that had she gotten to the hospital any faster, the medical doctors could have attempted to save the baby," the lawsuit states.
A Monticello woman who was having labor pains and being rushed to the hospital is suing the Florida Highway Patrol, alleging that her baby died because she was detained for too long over a speeding ticket.
However, the FHP found the trooper acted appropriately and a complaint later filed by the woman was unfounded. The FHP also says an offer for an ambulance was turned down.
Sharita Denmark filed the lawsuit last week in Leon Circuit Court against the FHP and Cpl. Gary Dawson, the trooper. It states that her mother, Brenda Benjamin, was driving her to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on May 25 when Dawson stopped the vehicle on U.S. Highway 90 at Interstate 10.
The lawsuit states that despite being told that she was in labor, Dawson detained her for "an extended period of time." By the time she reached TMH, her baby, Bre'Miria Williams Denmark, was no longer moving. The mother had a caesarean section, but the baby died.
"Ms. Denmark was informed that had she gotten to the hospital any faster, the medical doctors could have attempted to save the baby," the lawsuit states.
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