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Man arrested in stolen rig while ordering Jack in the Box

Paramedics were responding to a medical call when a man supposedly jumped in the ambulance and drove to a nearby fast food restaurant

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Officers tracked the stolen ambulance to a fast food restaurant, where the man was ordering in the drive-thru with the vehicle’s the emergency lights on. He was taken into custody without incident.

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Julian Gill
Houston Chronicle

HOUSTON — A man was arrested Thursday after driving a stolen ambulance to a Houston fast food restaurant, according to HPD.

Paramedics were responding to a call at South Post Oak and West Orem when the man jumped in the vehicle and drove off, police said

Officers tracked the ambulance to a fast food restaurant, where the man was ordering in the drive-thru with the vehicle’s the emergency lights on. He was taken into custody without incident.

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