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CORDELE, Ga.— Officials with the Crisp County EMS are looking into safety improvements after a man was able to steal an ambulance last week.
It happened early last Wednesday as paramedics were attempting to load up a patient for a transfer when they noticed it was missing. Within the hour, the Crisp County Sheriff’s Office was able to track down 56-year-old Williams Henry Joiner with help from the Montezuma police thanks to a GPS device.
Joiner found the vehicle running when he checked himself out of the hospital. “We don’t turn them off when we are on calls,” said Crisp County EMS Director David Edwards. “You don’t want to, you know, have an unfortunate incident, it may not crank back up, you just have to leave them running when your on the scene and it could easily happen.”
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