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911 calls released from crash where Mich. ambulance crew missed man in front seat

First EMS crew reported no patient found; 2nd crew found patient one hour and 48 minutes after the initial 911 call

By Dominic Adams
MLive

FLINT, Mich. — Witnesses calling 911 in the early-morning hours of July 18 grew increasingly concerned that no emergency responders were coming to the scene where a Chevy Impala crashed into a tree.

It took five calls to 911 – and 1 hour and 48 minutes – before Cortez Cheathams’ body was discovered slumped over in the front seat of the car.

In all, The Flint Journal obtained eight recordings of 911 correspondence about the crash from the city of Flint through a Freedom of Information Act request. You can listen to all eight recordings in order in the video at the bottom of this post.

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