911 callers on Phoenix wrong-way say they had trouble reaching dispatch

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Some 911 callers in the Phoenix area say they’re having trouble reaching a dispatcher.

About a week ago, there was a deadly crash along the Loop 202 near Priest Drive in Phoenix, involving a suspected drunk driver, going the wrong way. Some of the drivers who say they had to swerve out of the way had issues calling for help.

“I was driving in the HOV lane and had noticed a car that looked like it was coming head-on at us, so I asked my fiancé in the passenger seat, ‘Why does it look like someone’s coming for us?’ He looked up and he’s like, ‘Because there is. Get over,’” Miranda Neddeau, who was driving with her husband, said…

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