The dispatcher has been reassigned to a position away from the public pending an investigation, said Capt. Russ Davies, a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.The 911 call came in Sunday after a car hit Rick Warrick, 38, of Washington, D.C., and his fiancee as they changed a tire on a highway about halfway between Washington and Baltimore. The driver of the car that hit the couple fled.Warrick was killed. His fiancee, Julia Pearce, 28, was seriously injured but was in fair condition at Baltimore's Shock Trauma Center on Thursday.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
911 operator to teen as dad lay dying: 'Stop whining'
A 911 dispatcher twice told an emotional 13-year-old girl to "stop whining" as her father lay dying after a hit-and-run on a Maryland highway, according to a recording of the call obtained Thursday.
The dispatcher has been reassigned to a position away from the public pending an investigation, said Capt. Russ Davies, a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.The 911 call came in Sunday after a car hit Rick Warrick, 38, of Washington, D.C., and his fiancee as they changed a tire on a highway about halfway between Washington and Baltimore. The driver of the car that hit the couple fled.Warrick was killed. His fiancee, Julia Pearce, 28, was seriously injured but was in fair condition at Baltimore's Shock Trauma Center on Thursday.
The dispatcher has been reassigned to a position away from the public pending an investigation, said Capt. Russ Davies, a spokesman for the Anne Arundel County Fire Department.The 911 call came in Sunday after a car hit Rick Warrick, 38, of Washington, D.C., and his fiancee as they changed a tire on a highway about halfway between Washington and Baltimore. The driver of the car that hit the couple fled.Warrick was killed. His fiancee, Julia Pearce, 28, was seriously injured but was in fair condition at Baltimore's Shock Trauma Center on Thursday.
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