Rachael Wilkerson joined the WRTV family in September of 2021. Rachael comes from NBC 15 in Mobile, AL where she worked as an investigative journalist and fill-in anchor.
Smith died while on a flight back from the Dominican Republic on Feb. 28. While experiencing a sudden medical emergency, the plane made an emergency landing in Turks and Caicos.A commercial flight was diverted to the Turks and Caicos this evening after a female passenger fell ill mid-flight.
At 6:12 pm, the Police Control Room received a call from the Air Traffic Control Tower requesting medical assistance for a 41-year-old female, who at the time was receiving Cardiopulmonary resuscitation .A medical team, along with police units, were dispatched, and the patient was transported to Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, where she died.
A post-mortem will be conducted to ascertain the cause of death. Now, her family is working to get Smith back to Indiana. The Hendricks County Coroner's Office said it's a lengthy process that first involves Turks and Caicos officials completing an autopsy."Sometimes it takes two to three weeks to get a body back to the country from another country," Bonner-Bey said."The first step is getting a death certificate before a body can leave a country for another. The death certification certifies the cause of death.
WRTV is told the family hopes to have a peaceful service for Smith in Hendricks County later this month.
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