Lumberton dispatcher arrested, charged with DWI after fatal crash (NC)

LUMBERTON, NC (WBTW) – A Lumberton 911 dispatcher has been charged with DWI after a crash resulting in a fatality just outside Lumberton.

According to Master Trooper Jody Conner with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Tamla Terael McRae of Lumberton was driving behind a pickup truck on Wire Grass Road on Friday at around 9:22 p.m. when she struck the truck from behind.

Conner says the pick-up then struck a fence, overturned…

NC 911 dispatcher charged with DWI after deadly crash (NC)

LUMBERTON, N.C. (WBTW) – A Lumberton 911 dispatcher has been charged with DWI after a deadly crash just outside Lumberton.

According to Master Trooper Jody Conner with the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Tamla Terael McRae of Lumberton was driving behind a pickup truck on Wire Grass Road on Friday at around 9:22 p.m. when she struck the truck from behind.

Conner says the pick-up then struck a fence…

9-1-1 service is now available in all 33 communities in the Northwest Territories. (Canada)

The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) is pleased to announce that 9-1-1 service is now available in all 33 communities in the Northwest Territories.

9-1-1 service in the Northwest Territories will make it faster for residents to contact emergency services that exist in their community. It will save lives and make the North safer and more resilient. A lot of work and consultation has gone into launching this service since the passing…

For those behind the scenes, pride as NWT’s 9-1-1 goes live

The territory’s long-awaited 9-1-1 service is officially live. Those in the room for the service’s opening moments in the NWT, decades in the making, described the “exciting and surreal” feeling of the number coming to life.

Newly hired dispatchers were joined by technicians, response staff, managers, and experts in a crowded room for the launch at 8am on Monday. The precise location of the dispatch centre…

Lumberton dispatcher charged in deadly crash (NC)

LUMBERTON, N.C. (WPDE) — A Lumberton dispatcher was charged in connection with a deadly wreck this past Friday on Wire Grass Road in Robeson County, according to officials.

Tamla Terael McRae, 44, is charged with driving while impaired, according to Master Trooper Jody Connor with North Carolina Highway Patrol.

Connor said Green’s car went left of center of the road and hit another car.

That car then ran off the road…