An autistic man who wandered away from his residential care residence Wednesday was lucky Danville Police talked him out of a morning swim and into being transported to Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, where he was later released.
Police were dispatched to Madison Avenue just before 9 a.m. where a man under the care of Homeplace Support Services was reported to have walked away. The employee on duty could not leave the other resident at the address, so police assisted.
The man had disrobed and was in standing water described in a press release as “a creek/retention basin.” The release also said an officer was prepared to go in after the man who instead came out of the water and was transported to the hospital.
Police were dispatched to Madison Avenue just before 9 a.m. where a man under the care of Homeplace Support Services was reported to have walked away. The employee on duty could not leave the other resident at the address, so police assisted.
The man had disrobed and was in standing water described in a press release as “a creek/retention basin.” The release also said an officer was prepared to go in after the man who instead came out of the water and was transported to the hospital.
