ClickOnDetroit NIGHTSIDE report -- Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019

View of Detroit from the Windsor sky camera on Oct. 19, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. (WDIV)

Inkster family demands changes after dying father listed as 'John Doe' at hospital

The family said if the Dearborn Beaumont Hospital had handled things differently, they might have been able to say goodbye to their father. 

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James White was in a car crash Aug. 20. His four children told Local 4 he was taken to Dearborn Beaumont Hospital, but when they went to check on him, hospital staff said he wasn't there.

The family said he had several documents confirming his identity and there was no reason he should have been misidentified.

WATCH Local 4 News at 11

Metro Detroit weather: Extra clouds arrive on a cool Saturday night

Saturday night will be mostly cloudy and cool. Overnight lows will be in the low and middle 40s, with only a slight chance of a sprinkle.

Read the full forecast here.

4 fast facts

  • Ratification meetings for United Auto Workers General Motors members began Saturday with ballots expected to be turned in by Friday, Oct. 25. Read more .

  • As temperatures fall across Metro Detroit, many charities want to make sure families are prepared for what's happening outside. Learn more .

  • On Nov. 7, Ignite Ann Arbor will fill the downtown branch of the Ann Arbor District Library with big ideas. Read more .

  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its winter outlook on Thursday, and it offers some interesting trends for us here in the Great Lakes region. Learn more .

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