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SYDNEY — Australian officials promised today to overhaul emergency-call procedures after a coroner faulted the system in a teenager’s 2006 death from thirst while lost in a forest despite making multiple calls to a 911- type number.
David Iredale, 17, called the “000” emergency line seven times from his mobile phone after getting lost during a school hike in thick forest in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney.
He got through to ambulance officials five times, but each time was repeatedly asked for a street address if he wanted an ambulance sent to him. Iredale died alone shortly after his last call for help. His body was found eight days later.
