Apple's New iPhone Crash Detection Calls 911 When Owners Go on a Roller Coaster

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Apple's New iPhone Crash Detection Calls 911 When Owners Go on a Roller Coaster
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, a woman with her family at Kings Island amusement park hopped on the Mystic Timbers, a 109 foot roller coaster. When she disembarked, she checked her iPhone 14 Pro and discovered that it had emergency dialed 911 on its own., shows the iPhone repeating an automated message seven times after the operator picked up."We are very vigilant about calls," Melissa Bour, director of emergency services for Warren County, told. "No call doesn’t get checked.

When a crash is detected, an iPhone first shows a ten second warning, initiates a ten second countdown with a blaring alarm, and, if not stopped, calls 911 and repeats your last known location.

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