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According to the accident report, “(The truck) was operating in a reckless manner on a golf course at 5877 Ross Road when it lost control and became immersed in a pond.
Police said in the report Harrison Sr. “pulled one passenger to land and then re-entered the water to look for the other passenger. The driver and the second passenger drowned as a result.”
Police said Harrison Sr. was seen driving his pickup truck around the grass and pond in the late afternoon at the Fairfield apartment complex and “doing donuts.” Police dispatched an officer to the area after a 911 call, but did not find the truck, described as a red dual cab Ford.
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About 90 minutes after that call, a child called 911 after the truck was sinking in the pond. The child said Harrison Sr. brought his son to the surface and then went back under to get his daughter.
“She always wanted to be with them,” said Rufus Harrison, Morance Harrison’s grandfather, who added that Nena Harrison was a daddy’s girl.
He said Morance Harrison took his kids to the park and local school to play basketball.
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