"911 operator told girl to stop whining" Associated Press February 06, 2015
WASHINGTON — 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.
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. Warrick was killed. His 13-year-old daughter was in the back seat and called 911.
During the five-minute call, the dispatcher asks the teen for more details about her location and about what happened. At one point, the dispatcher interrupts her.
‘‘OK, let’s stop whining. Let’s stop whining, it’s hard to understand you,’’ he says.
Yeah, it is!
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UPDATE:
"A 911 dispatcher who told a 13-year-old girl to ‘‘stop whining’’ as her father lay dying in a hit-and-run crash on a Maryland highway is out of the job. Captain Russ Davies, a Fire Department spokesman, said the dispatcher, whose name was not released, no longer works for the department."
