Debra Stevens drowned while she was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher Saturday after flash floods swept her away. Police said they were working to "save" her.
An Arkansas woman drowned in her vehicle Saturday while on the phone with a 911 dispatcher who has been described as “callous and uncaring” by police.
Stevens called, saying that the water was “all the way up to my windows, and I can’t get out, and I’m scared to death, ma’am.”The dispatcher, who the Times Record identified as Reneau, repeatedly told Stevens that she would not drown. Three minutes later, Reneau tells Stevens: “A lot of people aren’t going to put themselves in danger just because you put yourself in danger.”
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