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Former Paramedic Makes Fake 911 Call, Gets Crushed to Death By Garage Door
Canyon County Paramedic Building
Associated Press
October 09, 2009
BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho woman who died after being pinned under a garage door at the paramedic building where she used to work first lured emergency workers away with a fake 9-1-1 call.
KTVB-TV reports that 35-year-old Melissa Farris of Caldwell told dispatchers late last Thursday that a car had driven off a road. As an ambulance left the Canyon County paramedic building to respond, she attempted to slip under the garage door — and was trapped beneath it.
Listen to the 9-1-1 Call
Farris, a former Canyon County paramedic, died after being transported to a local hospital. Her car was found parked near the paramedic building.
Authorities have released no information on Farris’ possible motive for trying to sneak into the station.
Her reasons for leaving the agency in December after seven years on the job also have not been made public. Canyon County says it’s a personnel matter.
Information from: KTVB-TV, http://www.ktvb.com/
lilpluger
about 1 month ago
4 comments
Seems like the final curtain call for this ex paramedic-wasnt going to get a standing ovation! Was it poetic justice or just plain old being an old fashioned nut case? Either way its a sad end to who was once one of our sister in arms.
jmcruz12
about 1 month ago
14 comments
I'd really like to know what the hell she was planning on doing if she made it inside
Kimmee
about 1 month ago
6486 comments
that will teach her to make false 911 calls!!!
JonRogers
about 1 month ago
102 comments
Wow. That's all, just wow.
jbeck308
about 1 month ago
1820 comments
she might of been a few fries short of a happy meal and needed counseling instead of trying to sneak into the station on false pretenses. Something smells rotten in denmark
jbeck308
about 1 month ago
1820 comments
she might of been a few fries short of a happy meal and needed counseling instead of trying to sneak into the station on false pretenses. Something smells rotten in denmark
talisaqc
about 1 month ago
382 comments
and she worked on the job for seven years, and then made a fake 9-1-1?
and then she dies, at her old work place... pinned under the garage door that just let out some emergency workers doing their job...
talk about sadistic irony.
OteroFire
about 1 month ago
16 comments
Wow, that lady wasnt to smart. Im supprised that she was a paramedic in the first place. Her death is sad but fake 911s are so wong!
ChrisJones
about 1 month ago
224 comments
WTF?
iceprincess
about 1 month ago
98 comments
well she was just playing around and didnt watch out but any one can make that mistake, we play around at the station all the time.now making a fake 911 call i dont like, you should mess with emergencies.
xoxo
vicky
michelle36
about 1 month ago
1692 comments
That is a pure example of what you get when you do something dumb or make a decision with lack of common sense.
maplehill02
about 1 month ago
318 comments
can anyone say stupid?
medicchick4123
about 1 month ago
68 comments
Well...Karma really is a bitch.