*The family of a North Carolina woman who died during the blizzard in Buffalo, New York over the weekend blames the police for not doing enough to save her.
Anndel Taylor, 22, was driving home from work when her car got stuck in the snow. Her family tells ABC affiliate WSOC-TV that she had called 911 but help never came. The family believes Taylor was trapped inside her car for 18 hours before she died, PEOPLE reports.
“[There’s been] a lot of crying,” Shawnequa Brown, Taylor’s sister, told the outlet.
Taylor died shortly before her 23rd birthday. She is one of at least 27 people in Buffalo that perished as a result of the historic snowstorm.
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Anndel Taylor, 22, died in her car after being trapped by Buffalo blizzard while driving home from work. She was found after 18 hours. She sent her family this final video from inside the car. pic.twitter.com/w8GBwR9UOm
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“I feel like everybody that tried to get to her got stuck,” said Tomeshia Brown, Taylor’s sister. “Fire department, police, everybody got stuck.”
During the storm, Taylor communicated with her family in a group chat and shared video of snow covering her car windows, according to the WSOC report.
“She was telling my sister that she was scared,” Brown said.
Wanda Brown Steele, Taylor’s mother, said her daughter likely died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
“The car was running, and the snow was still coming, so it blocked the pipes, the exhaust pipe,” Steele said, per the WSOC-TV report.
“After the car cut off,” she added, “that’s when she iced up.”
A GoFundMe for Taylor’s family has been launched.
“As you all may know one of my daughters, our sister, your friend, has passed away by accident in a blizzard that occurred in Buffalo NY December 23rd and 24th,” Taylor’s sister wrote on the fundraising site. “She was stuck in her car for hours/days which caused the snow to continue to build up on her car causing her to be unable to get out. We are currently trying to put Services together to say our final goodbyes.”
“Anything and everything you assist us with,” added Shawnequa Brown, “will be greatly appreciated.”
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