The Baltimore, Maryland, emergency operator who told a young girl to “stop whining” as her father lay dying from a hit and run is no longer working.
Anne Arundel County Fire department spokesman Capt. Russ Davie said the dispatcher, who has not been named, is no longer employed with them, reports NBC Washington.
The 911 operator was investigated by the department after the Feb. 1 incident in which he told a 13-year-old girl to stop whining during a call.
The girl called 911 from the side of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. Her father, Rick Warrick, and his fiancée were outside the car attempting to change a tire when another vehicle driving by stuck them. Warrick’s daughter and her younger brother were in the back of the car and dialed 911.
The girl sounded frightened and upset while on the call, and at one point, the operator responded with, “OK, let’s stop whining. Let’s stop whining, it’s hard to understand you.”
Warrick was killed in the incident, and his fiancée, Julia Pearce, was seriously injured.
It is unclear whether the 911 operator was terminated or if he quit or resigned.