Father, daughter drowning: Fairfield police release body cam footage

Days after a pickup truck crashed into a pond, killing a father and daughter, Fairfield police released body camera footage from responding officers.

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The video released Friday shows one of the first officers on scene Monday night, a view of the pond in the Villages of Wildwood complex as well as beginning rescue efforts and contact with a rescued 4-year-old boy and bystanders who entered the pond, Fairfield police Maj. Amy Mays said.

Morance D. Harrison Sr., 35, and his daughter, 6-year-old Nena Harrison, of Forest Park, drowned in the pond after police say Harrison Sr. was “doing donuts” when the truck went into the water with his two children inside.

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Morance Harrison Jr., 4 who survived, said his father brought him to the surface before he went back under to get his sister. Neither resurfaced.

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