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Idaho woman called 911 while being crushed by garage door

2 News
By KBCI Staff and Michael Calcagno

CALDWELL, Idaho — The sister of a former Canyon County paramedic who died after being crushed to death by a garage door says she believes her sister may have been trying to enter the facility to obtain prescription medication, according to a police report obtained by 2 News.

Melissa Farris died Oct. 2 when a garage door at a Caldwell Paramedic Station crushed her as it closed. Little was known about the events surrounding her death until now.

2 News exclusively obtained the investigation report from Caldwell Police. On the night of her death, her husband told police Farris couldn’t sleep because of pain in her leg.

Full story: First 911 call was fake, second was real