"Stop whining" 911 operator for Maryland fire department out of job

The emergency call dispatcher who told a girl, whose father lay dying at the scene of a car accident, to "stop whining" has lost his job

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- A 911 dispatcher who told a 13-year-old girl to "stop whining" as her father lay dying in a hit-and-run crash on a Maryland highway is out of the job.

Anne Arundel County Fire Department spokesman Capt. Russ Davies says the dispatcher no longer works for the department. The dispatcher's name was not released.

The Feb. 1 incident triggered an investigation after the dispatcher told the girl to stop whining. The 911 call came in after a car hit 38-year-old Rick Warrick of Washington and his fiancée as they changed a tire along the Baltimore-Washington Parkway.

Rick Warrick, pictured, and his fiancee were thrown to theside of the Baltimore Washington Parkway by a car. Warrick died from the collision. WJZ

Warrick's 13-year-old daughter was in the car with her younger brother and called 911. The teen gave the dispatcher information but struggled to remain calm. She pleaded with the dispatcher to "hurry up" and send help, but the operator said he needed the exact location of the crash. At one point, the dispatcher interrupts the girl.

"OK, let's stop whining. Let's stop whining, it's hard to understand you," he says.

The dispatcher sounds frustrated when the girl asks him to send help quickly. At one point he asks if there's someone else he can talk to.

Warrick was killed in the crash. His fiancée, Julia Pearce, 28, was seriously injured.

After the incident, Davies told The Associated Press the dispatcher should have handled the call differently.

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