Boy's 911 call treated as prank; mother dies

AP | April 8 2006

DETROIT -- A 5-year-old boy called 911 to report that his mother had collapsed in their apartment, but an operator told him he should not be playing on the phone. She died before help arrived. The family of Sherrill Turner, 46, does not know whether a swifter response could have saved her life. Police said the case was under investigation. Turner's son, Robert, placed two calls to 911 after his mother collapsed on the kitchen floor Feb. 20. In a tape of the call, parts of which were broadcast by Detroit-area television stations, the operator said, ''Now put her on the phone before I send the police out." Detroit police spokesman James Tate said it was at least an hour before authorities arrived.

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