Mom goes home 5 years after driving van with kids into ocean at Daytona Beach
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (FOX 35 ORLANDO) - A South Carolina woman who was convicted of driving her minivan into the Atlantic Ocean in Florida with her children inside five years ago has been allowed to return home.
On Thursday, a Volusia County judge allowed 38-year-old Ebony Wilkson to leave Daytona Beach, where she'd been in jail or transitional care since March 4, 2014.
Wilkerson's family lives in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Assistant Public Defender Jay Crocker tells The Daytona Beach News-Journal that Wilkerson will still be on medication. She will also be required to see a mental health counselor in South Carolina.
Crocker says she's happy to return to her family.
Investigators says Wilkerson was pregnant when she drove the minivan into the ocean in 2014. Rescuers jumped into action to help the screaming children as waves crashed around the vehicle.
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