By EMS1 Staff
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Police arrested a man who stole an ambulance from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and crashed into a police vehicle.
An unidentified 50-year-old man stole a Rutherford County Ambulance from the hospital after 10:00 p.m. on Monday while RCEMS crews were dropping off a patient, WKRN.com reported. Police tracked the ambulance via GPS and when they found it, the driver put the ambulance in reverse and crashed into a police SUV that was in the area on a separate call, injuring the officer inside.
The suspect then drove the ambulance to a wooded area where police arrested him without further incident.