Woman killed under garage door lured medics away with fake 911 callCALDWELL - Police now say the woman who was crushed and killed by a garage door last week in Caldwell – lured away paramedics with a bogus 9-1-1 call.
"Yeah, my name is Stacy and I am driving toward Ontario, when a car went off into the median at mile marker 22," from 911 call to dispatch.
Stacy is actually Melissa Farris, 35, of Caldwell, according to Caldwell Police Chief Chris Allgood. He says Farris made the call to 911, waited for paramedics to leave, then tried to slip under the closing bay door. That attempt failed, and instead she got trapped and died.
Farris was a former worker at the paramedics station where she died Thursday. Her call appeared to be perfectly crafted to call paramedics away from the station. When the crew arrived on the scene described by Farris – they found no accident.
Farris’ description was vivid and detailed. “I couldn't tell the color of it, it was right beside me and the next thing I know, I saw a bunch of dust and it was on its side," she said.
The call is only about two minutes long. Farris said she was driving a cattle truck and tried to get pulled over to check on the accident. She even seemed out of breath on the call. She said she was going to walk back to the crash scene, near mile post 22 on Interstate 84 -- west of Caldwell.
Farris worked for the Canyon County Paramedics for seven years. She parted ways with the medics in December, but the details surrounding her departure are classified by officials as a personnel matter and havenÂ’t been released.
Investigators say there were sensors on the door, but they are higher than a home garage door and Farris was able to get under their beam, causing her to be trapped and killed. Farris' motive for luring paramedics away or trying to get inside the station has not been released.