Prank leads to suicide

After two Australian radio hosts prank called the British hospital treating Kate Middleton, Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who answered the phone and transferred the call to a fellow nurse caring for the duchess, committed suicide. Saldanha was a 43-year-old mother. The radio hosts, shown here, publicly apologized on Dec. 10. They have since been yanked from the air.
sns-yir-2012-news-pg-045

( Reuters TV )

After two Australian radio hosts prank called the British hospital treating Kate Middleton, Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who answered the phone and transferred the call to a fellow nurse caring for the duchess, committed suicide. Saldanha was a 43-year-old mother. The radio hosts, shown here, publicly apologized on Dec. 10. They have since been yanked from the air.

  • Email E-mail
  • add to Twitter Twitter
  • add to Facebook Facebook
  • add to StumbleUpon StumbleUpon
The Courant is using Facebook comments on stories. To comment on courant.com articles, sign into Facebook and enter your comment in the field below. Comments will appear in your Facebook News Feed unless you choose otherwise. To report spam or abuse, click the X next to the comment. For guidelines on commenting, click here.