TUSCUMBIA, Ala. (WHNT)– Kristen and Drew Van Devender are still waiting on answers as to what happened last Tuesday in front of Deshler High School.
“There was police, and ambulance, and all the things that a parent never wants to see,” Kristen Van Devender said.
The Van Devenders described the scene after being called to Deshler High School regarding their son, August Borden, on Tuesday afternoon.
“I was escorted by a policeman to the ambulance where August was already in, and he was bleeding, and pretty much out of control,” Kristen Van Devender said.
Just moments later, Kristen Van Devender was informed that August would need to be airlifted to Birmingham, but she still didn’t know what had happened.
“I had no clue. I had no idea. I was informed of nothing. I just knew that there was an accident and my child was in an ambulance. And no one gave me anything, besides maybe when I got in there, there may have been some horseplay, and August had taken a bad fall,” Kristen Van Devender said.
After two days being unconscious in the hospital, August is home and recovering. An active investigation as to what happened is underway.
Tuscumbia Police Chief Tony Logan told News 19 that he and his team of investigators are in the process of interviewing students and adults who were there before the incident occurred.
“One of the key things is we have not been able to talk to the student yet because he has been… in the hospital, or under the influence of medication while he’s healing. So once we can interview him, then that will help us on this investigation,” Logan said.
Logan also said, once they are done with the investigation, there’s a chance that he may turn it over to the Colbert County Sheriff’s Office for an extra pair of eyes.
However, August’s family just wants answers.
“We just want transparency. I think that’s fair. Just let us know what happened. If it was intentional, if it wasn’t intentional, just let us know the whole story, and that way we can move on. And those who are accountable can take accountability,” says Drew Van Devender.
He told News 19 that it’ll take up to two weeks for August’s brain to go back to normal function, and until then, they will continue waiting on those answers as to what happened that day.
If you or someone you know has any information or may have been there during the incident, the Van Devender family says to please come forward and do the right thing.
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