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Camp Mystic official testifies that deaths still haven’t officially been reported to state agency
The testimony came as regulators review the camp’s license and hundreds of complaints, while families seek to block reopening.
- Camp Mystic medical officer Mary Liz Eastland testified yesterday she failed to officially report the July Fourth deaths of 27 people to State Health Services, violating the mandatory 24-hour reporting requirement.
- The testimony emerged during a Travis County hearing examining the camp's license renewal following families' lawsuits alleging negligence after the deadly July Fourth flood swept through the Kerr County site.
- Eastland acknowledged she did not consider the reporting requirement after the flood or before submitting the March 31 application to reopen, and admitted never attempting to evacuate campers from low-lying cabins during the storm.
- Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick stated no license should be issued until all investigations conclude, while the proposal to host nearly 900 girls this summer has outraged families of the deceased.
- Regulators will conduct a pre-licensure inspection and review emergency plans as part of the license review process, while legal battles persist over evidence preservation at the damaged site.
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The security guard at Texas' Camp Mystic the night of last year's deadly flood acknowledged Wednesday that if a general evacuation order had been issued early in the storm, lives could have been saved. Glenn Juenke, who helped move girls to a two-story building before becoming trapped inside a cabin...
After days of wrenching testimony about camp deaths, judge says Camp Mystic’s flood site must remain untouched
Leaders of Camp Mystic — the Christian girls camp where 27 campers and counselors died in torrential flooding last summer — must continue to keep many damaged buildings untouched while a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a child presumed dead moves forward, a Texas judge said Wednesday.
Judge says she’ll issue new order halting renovations to Camp Mystic’s flooded areas
(CNN) — Leaders of Camp Mystic — the Christian girls camp where 27 campers and counselors died in torrential flooding last summer — must continue to keep many damaged buildings untouched while a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family…
Camp Mystic testimony gets emotional: 'You're gonna burn in hell'
On the third and final day of an evidentiary hearing in a Camp Mystic lawsuit, sparks flew as attorney Brad Beckworth accused one of Camp Mystic attorney's of telling him "you're gonna burn in hell" Tuesday evening.
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