Cop slams hoaxers who sparked 999 emergency after leaving dummy covered in tomato ketchup in the road
Prankster said there was a woman who was not breathing and covered in blood
A SICK hoaxer dialled 999 to report a body in the middle of the road after leaving a life-size DUMMY covered in ketchup at the scene.
Police have blasted the prankster who called the emergency services and said there was a woman who was not breathing and covered in blood.
Officers in an armoured vehicle, along with paramedics, dashed to the scene on Wednesday evening.
They arrived and found what appeared to be the body of a biker wearing a hoodie with a leather jacket and ripped jeans and blood pouring from a head wound.
But they were stunned when they got closer and realised the victim was actually a lifelike dummy placed there by sick pranksters.
The hoaxers had even squirted a pool of ketchup on the road in Tipton, West Mids., next to the head of the fake body to make it look like blood.
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Chief Inspector Jack Hadley, from West Midlands Police, tweeted a picture of the realistic looking dummy as he blasted the jokers for wasting emergency services time.
He told his 4,116 followers: "Someone has found it funny to place this in the road....had all emergency services racing towards thinking it was a serious incident!"
The senior officer added: "Numerous ambulances and police resources, including an armed response vehicle, attended the scene on blue lights.
"Thankfully it wasn't something awful but it certainly wasted a huge amount of resource time."
Members of the public also blasted the pranksters with Lauren Clarke tweeting: "Clearly some people need to reassess what they think is funny."
Cybersecurity student Sam Ellison also called the pranksters "sadistic" and photographer Jodie Jones added: "What is wrong with people?"
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