Volusia County

Mother seen unconscious in a car with drugs and baby now on road to recovery

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — A mother Channel 9 reported on about five years ago told a sheriff’s office how she has turned her life around.

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A video released in 2017 showed a man and a woman unconscious in a car with drugs and an 8-month-old baby girl in the back seat.

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The woman in the video reached out to the sheriff’s office, sharing how that moment changed her and her baby’s life.

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She’s now in recovery and her daughter just started kindergarten.

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