9-1-1 Call Made over Gasoline Price Hike
By Associated Press
Original publication date: Feb. 28, 2011
Edgard, La. — An unusual call for the 9-1-1- emergency center in St. John the Baptist Parish may be a sign of the times: a motorist complaining about escalating gasoline prices.
According to The Times-Picayune, the unidentified motorist told authorities last week that the price of gasoline shot up from $3.049 per gallon to $3.189 at a LaPlace gas station — while he was filling up.
The gas station manager said the driver pulled into the station while the prices were being changed by computer and wanted the cheaper price. A state agriculture department official says the computer-set price can’t change once gas is being pumped.
Sheriff’s Office spokesman Capt. Dane Clement said a report will be forwarded to the State Attorney General’s Office as a civil complaint.
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