Story of 911 Call Now Changes

The transcript of a 911 made last November to a Maine comm center indicates that the caller did mention the possibility that a man walking along a rural road at night might be intoxicated, contradicting earlier accounts of the call by the state’s Commissioner of Public Safety. No law enforcement investigated the report and two hours later, the man was killed when he was struck by two cars. The incident came to light as part of several complaints about how the state’s comm center are handling 911 calls and radio dispatches. Commissioner Anne Jordan earlier told reporters that the 911 caller, “did not say (the victim) was drunk in the road. The word ‘drunk’ was never used.” However, in the transcript released last week, the man, “”had too much hooch, I guess.” The caller first saw Darren Duncan lying in the roadway, and stopped to investigate. But Duncan then got up and approached the caller’s car. Perhaps more significant, the transcript shows the dispatcher said, “OK. I’d lay down in the road and look for ‘em … Good way to become a speed bump.” Read more about the complaints and this incident here.