What about the woman in custody who drowned handcuffed like a trapped animal. Smh

It's sad how the news didn't show any sympathy or compassion for the woman who drowned in the back seat of that patrol car because of the deputies mistake. 😢

I'm so sorry for that woman who died in the backseat. What a TRAGIC death. She was HANDDCUFFED in the backseat of a car. Imagine how scared she was. She was a person too not just an inmate. smh.

The sheriff cried for the deputy and gave him an honor procession but that deputies incompetence took a woman's life, yet no sadness expressed for her

. What about the girl. Talk about her. Just because she was arrested doesn't mean she wasn't a good person. Helll he's the one to drive in the river

The lady in the car receives no acknowledgment. Neither the reporter nor the police mentioned a word about her. Not her name, age-nothing! This is an example of how the news community and the police provide and serve.

Imagine being the lady. You get arrested and the cop drives into the water. You’re handcuffed and have no way out. Jeez

How horrifying for the woman in the back. Hands behind her back, in cuffs, boxed into a small space, drowning in the back of a police car. May she Rest In Peace. 🙏🕯️🕊

taking a woman prisoner down a dead end road? but not to a Magistrate? HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? 🤔

What is wrong with the reporting??? We get it...just 35, a wife and 5 kids. Very bad. But the lady could have been arrested for a simple expired license. She could have been younger than " just 35". Who did she leave behind?

... barely a mention of the poor woman that died in the backseat with her hands cuffed behind her! Didn't stand a chance 😢 what a way to go. Sorry lady....

They are more concerned with the cop than the woman. Thats shameful!

My heart breaks for the woman with no chance of escaping. Drowning while handcuffed 😢 The deputy must have tried to escape if he wasn't in his vehicle.. it's sad he had five kids & a wife 😢 that said, what about the woman? Did she have family? Why was she arrested? What was her crime that she died so horribly?

The woman in the backseats life was just as important as his was at least he had some chance she had none he killed both of em and left her with zero chance to live probably because she missed a court date or something she lost her life where is her procession at????

Very little said about the poor woman who was trapped in the back......accident or not.

Why didnt we here sherriff mention lady in custody? Deputy cost her life.

What about the woman he had in back seat how many kids she have is she not gonna be missed by her family and friends. It's crazy how this is just about the one officer and not both of them who lost there life and she lost her life stuck in back of a car in handcuffs not able to do anything 😢.

You people are something else. What about the suspect? And that’s all they were, a suspect. What about her, huh?

How in the world was that deputy not aware of his surroundings

I don't think I'm overreacting when I say WTF !?!?!?!?

now the only thing missing is a wrongful death lawsuit.

More to this story for sure.

A horrible way to go for both of them. Condolences to all family members and friends.

COME ON MAN after serving in law enforcement for over 20 years im finding these stories thru the internet CHILLING these are the BEST that law enforcement agencies can find, look where i worked we had six lakes all had ramps UNSIGNED and NEVER had someone drive INTO THEM much less a deputy or officer NOT KNOWING his or her county or city just hard to swallow this crap

Very, very strange.

No tears for her except from the family, SAD.

That is really sad and my prayers go out to the Deputy's family. That being said, can you imagine what that poor lady who was STRAPPED in on the back seat must have gone through? It's sad that it's as if her life here did not matter, only that of the Deputy! This is sad both ways, but remember that he had a chance to survive, unless he could not swim - but she had ZERO chances - she was strapped in! Guess there will be massive lawsuits coming from her family.

I feel sad for both of them and my thoughts are with the families in this horrible accident.

This whole story sounds like bullshit to me 🙌 He didn't go in that river "accidentally"

I'm blocking this news station. This was a grotesquely bias report. They totally erased that woman. Sick.

Looks like the cops are circling their wagons. This stinks.

Why was the woman arrested!? She was fighting with someone!? It’s deeper than just driving the wrong way!!

Her name was Tabitha Smith

That poor woman, rest in peace

It seems the deputy was trying to save himself and didn’t worry about the woman in back seat

Lies & cover-up. He was dirty

Strength To Both Families 🕊️🌹🕊️🌹

How the heck? Imagine the family of the woman in the back seat. Totally leaves that out. 🐠

Dont fallow GPS

killed a poor women, what an idiot driver...no excuse for this at all.....but incompetence

Kind of shocking that area isn't secured better. I've read this has happened several times before.

what about the woman that lost her life due to the deputy fault?

PURE B.S.

RIP ✝️ ✝️ U Forgot 2 Mention .. Woman's Name Who Was Trapped & Drowned Was Tabatha Smith ✝️

I feel so sad for the deputy and the woman in the back seat. What a terrible tragedy!!

What about the poor women he killed? One sided narrative

Blythe Ferry Ln runs parallel to Hwy 60, and goes right into the water. There's a chance that if you aren't familiar with the area and accidentally turn too soon, you can easily hit the water in the dark. Just saying...

R.I.P FOR THE FAMILY OF BOTH 😢

My Lord😞💔 Praying 🙏🏻 for the families ❤

Basically He deleted that woman

But her family definitely should be able to sue the police because she was in his care when she was arrested and ended up dead

I am wondering too. The area was familiar to the policeman. Why turn onto an obviously dead end road? Surely he knew his way back to his station. The woman could not have forced him to make that turn, she was shackled.

And still that poor woman is basically ignored by the department and the news agencies. She was given the death penalty before she could even be booked. Drowned like a rat in a cage.

If I hear another word about "father of 5," I'm gonna puke. Anyone who drives has driven in an area unfamiliar to them without ending up in a river. What about the woman in the backseat? No doubt handcuffed with zero chance of survival, basically "offed" at the hands of police while in their custody. Not unlike the young lady handcuffed & locked in a cop car parked on a train track and hit by a train in CO. Luckily, she lived. I hope this woman's family sues the sh*t outta them & then some. Their little "mini procession" for the deputy: A Procession of SHAME.

As a officer you don't know your way to the jail house to go to a freaking dark spot on a dark Road 🤦😮

I'd like to know if the car was is drive, park, neutral? If the deputy and the "suspect" had clothes on? If the suspect was in the backseat with a seatbelt on and handcuffs on? I know it sounds horrible for me to want to know the answers to these questions but the deputy had lived there for two years, how would he not know it was a dead end road? Something seems off.... I'm praying for both of the victims families and friends.

What about the poor woman handcuffed in the back seat? Is she of no value?

Why would he be driving to a dead end Road? 🤔

Why was he taking someone on a dead end road?

So nobody in care about the woman in the back seat lock in can get out only care about the stupid sheriff that can read a map 🤔🤔🤔🤔

😢😢😢 im so sorry for the families and friends who lost there loved one from this tragic accident 😢😢😢 im so sorry

So we get a full biography on the officer who sadly passed away but the female victim in this who was locked inside his vehicle is considered so worthless to the cops and the media she's barely mentioned at all. What a disgusting display.

How did a trained police officer not be able to escape a sinking car? Condolences to his family and hers.

The woman who drowned was named TABITHA SMTH! Yes, she was a person who had family that loved her too! SAY HER NAME!

So nothing about the woman who drowned while locked in a car? I mean, it’s not effing hard to acknowledge her.

kop was dirty. poor woman.

Devastating. Absolutely a tragic accident. Training lapse. They needed to do something about that water erntry.

What about the person in the back seat

No concern for the victim, the handcuffed women . Deputy was stupid to drive into the river . Woman's family should sue the hell out of Meigs County Sheriff Department . Imagine the terror of being cuffed and locked in the back of a be cruiser , while some idiot deputy drives into the river . TV where is your sympathy for the woman and her family ? Can't show compassion ?

Acknowledge this woman as well.🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Tragedy... but I can't believe no one has even mentioned why the woman was in the back seat and locked in...

I hope that lady’s family sues the pants off that whole department. The lady in cuffs in the back locked in had to be terrified. Smh

Disgusting! Talked as if the drowning victim didn’t have a name or any value! 🥵

Is there no physical barrier or signs in front of the ferry boat ramp?

dont forget about the backseat passenger. my heart goes out to both of them..

Your prayers to the cop's family, what about the person in the backseat who he killed? No prayers for their family? Man, you are cruel dude.

Notice how they don't care about the lady that was murdered in the back seat while handcuffed

I hope the woman's family sue. Deputy was responsible for getting her to the jail safely.

Sad

Prayers for the families.

How is it possible that a dead end road doesn’t have warning signs, a wall or something to prevent a tragedy like this one??? Doesn’t make freaking sense at all!!!

I feel so sad for the lady in the back of the car with a incompetent cop

This doesn't make sense

Prayers for both families 🙏🏻🙏🏻!!

Screw the incompetent officer whos mistake took the life of a woman handcuffed in the backseat of your pig car! i cant imagine the horror that played out in her mind the last moments she had

State or county road with a hazard like that..I smell LAWSUIT!

that poor woman.. got arrested by the one cop who didn't know his way.. tragic

She was supposed to go to jail...not to the grave...how awful..

Sending Prayers for the family's. 🙏🏼🙏🏼 I'm so sorry for each of your losses.

Absolutely heartbreaking

So this cop gets lost going back to his station, and then ends up driving down a boat ramp into the river killing a civilian and himself? Not the sharpest tool in the shed. How is he even a cop?

The lady's life was just as important, I guess a policeman life is top notch!

Its sad about the officer, but it disturbing that they gave 10 seconds to the woman in the back seat.

Oh my god that poor woman couldn’t get out she had to be terrified and then he isn’t in the car I wonder if he was trying to get her out and drowned unfortunately so sad 😢🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

The deputy found his way out of the car leaving the women to drowned in the back seat handcuffed disregard for the women's life to save his own

if I could report this video for being grotesque I would. The woman's life was deemed so worthless by the cops and the "journalists" here she barely gets a mention, it's all about sympathy for the cop who caused this. I honestly am shocked how disgusting this video is, and how everyone has basically just edited her out of existence in order to fawn over the guy who led to her death. It's like she's just completely worthless to all of these gross people. You can't even NAME her!? WTF?

Damn what that female must have went thru. At least the cops hands were free

How the hell could you drive into the water

Wow 😮

Wow how tragic for all involved 🙏