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Man Dies Waiting for 911 to Arrive

Patrick Townson (ptownson@telecom-digest.org)
Thu, Feb 10 2005 18:00:00 PST

-- Suit alleges dispatcher let man die in car --

This story from our TD-Extra pages tells of a man with a cellular
phone registered in Dyer, Indiana (where he lived) who died in
his car (and was found in the car dead a few weeks later) in a
parking garage in Saulk Village, Illinois. Saulk Village (a far
south suburb of Chicago) sits on the Illinois/Indiana state line
right 'across the street' from Dyer, Indiana. It appears the 911
dispatcher for Saulk Village (area code 708)did not know why she
was getting a call from an area code 219 number. The man called
from his automobile saying he thought he was having a heart attack;
the 911 dispatcher did not deal with it correctly. The man died
while waiting for an ambulance to show up (it never did show up)
and several weeks later they found his body in his car where it
had been parked. The family is suing the Village of Saulk Village
for damages.

See the full story at:

http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/02100002aaa0485f.upi&Sys=ptownson&Type=News&Filter=Front%20Page&Fid=FRONTPAG

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