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Psychiatric patient jumps out of ambulance on freeway

The man survived and was transported to a hospital in critical condition

PHOENIX — A psychiatric patient jumped out of a moving ambulance, landing on a freeway Monday night.

ABC 15 reported the ambulance was transporting the patient to a hospital, traveling at 75 mph, when the man jumped out and rolled 200 feet.

An off-duty police officer spotted the man on the roadway. The patient was taken to a hospital and was reported in critical condition.

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