Black woman dies after getting stuck in New York snowstorm
Taylor was driving home from work from a hospital in Buffalo on Dec. 23, when she got trapped in her car, the New York Post reported. After being stuck in her car for hours, she recorded videos and sent them to her sisters in North Carolina about her condition. The family believes she was trapped for about 18 hours before being found on the road in the snow-covered car on Christmas Eve. One of Taylor’s sisters, Tomeshia “Tommie” Brown, posted the last video the she sent on social media on Christmas Eve to get people to help her sister.
Tommie wrote on her Facebook that she didn’t know “anybody in Buffalo, NY,” and she felt exhausted attempting to locate help for her sister.
“It’s technically been a whole 24 hours, and it’s still snowing the same!!!” she said, “Sh– not feeling right!”
Tommie wrote because the family lived in a different state, they felt helpless.
Taylor’s mother, Wanda Brown Steele, said, “She called 911, and she was waiting for them.”
Shawnequa Brown, another one of Taylor’s sister, recalled one of the last conversations she had with Tommie, “She was telling my sister that she was scared.”
“I don’t know if any of us really knew how serious it was, we didn’t see the news, we didn’t really know what was going on in Buffalo,” Shawnequa said.
According to her mom, Taylor communicated with the sisters in a family group chat and said she was going to sleep for a while. Then when she woke up, she would try to walk to safety if, however, by that time, no one came.
The following day, the sisters checked in again. “We texted her in the group to ask, ‘Are you OK?’” Brown said. They got nervous when she did not respond.
“Maybe two hours later, my sister tracked her phone,” Brown said. “She [Taylor] must’ve shared her location with my sister. And it showed that she was still outside.”
By the time someone got to her, it was too late.
Tommie also said, “everybody that tried to get to her got stuck. Fire department, police, everybody got stuck.”
“Why didn’t they have chains on their tires? This is a state that is known for snow,” Tommie asked.
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