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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graig Graziosi

911 dispatcher charged with manslaughter after allegedly refusing to send woman an ambulance

Kelly Tichenell

A 911 operator in Pennsylvania is facing an involuntary manslaughter charge after he allegedly failed to dispatch help to a woman who needed medical assistance.

Leon "Lee" Price, 50, of Waynesburg, was charged in the 2020 death of Diania Kronk, 54. Ms Kronk bled to death a day after her daughter told the dispatcher that without help, "she's going to die."

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