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One member, Dr. Michael Dailey, says there was a delay on the part of Mohawk Ambulance.
Dr. Dailey, who is also the Albany Fire Department's medical doctor, said, "At this point it looks like there was some human error on the part of a couple of individuals within the dispatch system."
9-1-1 dispatch tapes revealed shortly after the fatal accident displayed some of the frustration police felt over the route the ambulance was taking to the scene.
Dailey says the ambulance did take a wrong turn at one point, losing about a minute.
The bigger issue to him, however, is that an ambulance was coming all the way from Troy, because those in Albany were already on other calls.
Dailey says Mohawk has been very helpful and forthcoming and adds that the company has already beefed up its fleet.
"They've increased the number they have on the evenings and the overnights already," Dr. Dailey said.
The task force is expected to release its conclusions in the next few weeks, although it's also waiting on another report from the Department of Health.
Dr. Dailey and Benjamin Cocco's grandfather have both said that regardless of how quickly the ambulance responded to the crash site, it's unlikely the 11-year-old could have been saved, considering how serious his injuries were.
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Dailey insists the report is not about placing blame, but about preventing delays like this in the future.