By Mike Glenn
Houston Chronicle
HOUSTON, Texas — A man took a Houston Fire Department ambulance for a joyride Tuesday night until police finally stopped him about 15 minutes later.
HFD ambulance 46 was stolen about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday while the paramedics were responding to a psychiatric patient in the 6600 block of Scott in south Houston.
The man was able to get into the driver’s seat of the ambulance and flee, authorities said.
Houston police pursued the stolen ambulance until officers stopped it along the South Freeway near FM 2234.
The man was taken into custody. There were no reports of injuries.