An 84-year-old Georgia woman who needs home hospice care has been trapped in her house for nearly a week with no care after her driveway was washed out by the rain.
The family said the run-off from county property and other homes and businesses in the area caused a massive sinkhole on the property after a week of excessive rain.
Brian Oglesby and his mother, Sherie, told a camera crew about the problem they're having at his grandmother's home.
The Oglesbys were told the county wouldn't help because it's private property and not a county issue, but it's halted access to Maggie Thompson, Sherie and Bonnie LaBoutillier's 84-year-old mother, who is bedridden and dependent on hospice care.
"They did send two engineers out to look at the culvert and the creek ... offer advice as to what to do," Brian Oglesby said. "It’s what I call 'water trespass.' It's coming up from other property the main road, a county road, and it's being diverted down our private drive so then it becomes our responsibility when it gets washed on outside."
"That was not safe for their staff just asking they not come back until (the) road is repaired," LaBoutillier said.
"She can't do anything for herself at all. She is completely helpless," Sherie Oglesby said.
It got so bad Wednesday that four Henry County firefighters had to bring in medicine and help with heavy lifting.
"They sent four emergency workers up here and helped put her in the bed," LaBoutillier said.
The family says they can't afford to repair the damage that's been done by run-off they say is coming from county property.
"We just want this water to quit being diverted onto this driveway," Sherie Oglesby said.
No one in county offices answered calls because of the New Year’s holiday.
The hospice center offered to come get their mom and put her in a facility until these repairs are made, but in her condition the family doesn't even know how they would get her from the house across the damaged road.
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