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Man dead after stealing and crashing ambulance into double-decker bus

The bus driver was seriously injured in the collision with the stolen private ambulance

By Rose Troup Buchanan
The Independent

YORK, England — A stolen ambulance collided with a car and double-decker bus last night, killing the driver of the emergency vehicle and injuring six people.

The ambulance’s driver, who police believe was not a paramedic or a member of emergency staff, was pronounced dead at the scene on the A64, near the Flaxton junction, east of York.

The bus driver of the Yorkshire Coastliner double-decker, carrying 16 passengers at the time of the collision at around 8.30pm last night, was taken to hospital with serious injuries.

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