By Mike Bergazz
WTVR
PETERSBURG, Va.— A Petersburg ambulance driver has been charged with reckless driving for pulling his ambulance into the path of a suspect who led police on a 10-minute chase through the Petersburg area Thursday afternoon.
The ambulance driver, Lt. Mark Talbott, with the Southside Virginia Emergency Crew was charged with reckless driving several hours after the fleeding suspect crashed into the back of his ambulance at 4:30 p.m.
The suspect, 22-year-old Kevin D. Foster, fled that crash scene on foot and was chased down by police. He faces 10 criminal charges, including reckless driving, hit and run, stolen property and driving on a suspended license.
CBS 6 crews were on the scene of the police chase that ended with the crash in the city of Petersburg late Thursday afternoon.
The accident started shortly after 4:00 p.m. A Virginia State Police officer pursued a suspect in a Crown Victoria with invalid tags for several minutes until the chase ended on Jefferson Street between Wythe and Washington.
That is where an ambulance driver intentionally pulled in front of the sedan police were chasing, in an apparent attempt to help officers end the pursuit. The car ran into the bumper of the ambulance, which is part of the Southside Emergency Crew.