Detective’s Daughter Witnesses Car Broadsided, Selflessly Rushes to Save Life of Baby Not Breathing

Detective’s Daughter Witnesses Car Broadsided, Selflessly Rushes to Save Life of Baby Not Breathing
Left: (Courtesy of Donny Williams); Right: Courtesy of Akron Police
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A fashion model from Akron, Ohio, on Nov. 22 received a proclamation from City Council for responding to an accident—and doing what some police officers might never in their entire careers have to do.

Ladonya Williams, 20, and her dad, Donny Williams, a detective with the Akron Police Department, were headed east on Vernon Odom Boulevard on the evening of Aug. 22 when her dad spotted in his rearview mirror a black Jeep coming recklessly at a very high rate of speed.

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