Stolen Ambulance
Ambulances are regularly stolen from hospital emergency departments and incidents. Locking the ambulance is an absolute duty and should be a policy for every agency, as well as a habit for every EMS provider, like wearing a seatbelt.
Stories about patients stealing ambulances are common, so here’s how you can protect your vehicle
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An Ogden Fire Department crew was treating a patient inside a building when the rig was taken from the scene
The vehicle was left unattended outside Grady Memorial Hospital while its driver was tending to a patient, police said
While medics were inside a residence, a 38-year-old man got reportedly stole the rig to drive himself to the hospital
After a highway pursuit, a woman driving a stolen ambulance took a road that dead-ended into the Irondequoit Bay
After reportedly taking the rig, police discovered the suspect sleeping in the back of the ambulance on Friday morning
An off-duty Reading Fire Department paramedic spotted the ambulance and followed it until state police arrived, officials said
The crash occurred as authorities were pursuing the stolen rig
The rig was tracked down by Missoula police and a suspect was taken into custody
Officials said the ambulance was tracked down with help from a police helicopter
The rig was recovered about an hour after the crash
The suspect was allegedly burglarizing a home when a resident woke up and struck him with a machete
The stolen rig struck four vehicles during its three-mile trip
The suspect reportedly tried to hit members of law enforcement during the pursuit
Aerial footage shows the stolen rig speeding down the highway during the nearly two-hour pursuit
Authorities said the man fled on foot after getting the rig stuck in some mud
Police said the man was being transported for treatment after being pepper-sprayed
Cherokee Cox said she called 911 from the back of the ambulance and looked for something to hit the suspect with
One paramedic was injured falling out of the rig when it was stolen
Three police cruisers were also damaged during the 20-minute cross-state pursuit
Medics were in the hospital offloading a patient when the ambulance was taken
Becky Hedrick described how her husband Delbert became unresponsive as she drove him to the hospital herself
Choctaw County officials released images of the suspect from a camera inside the rig
Mobile County EMS Executive Director Mark Turner said a request for the sheriff’s department was canceled after the patient initially calmed down
Officials say the patient produced a firearm at the hospital, demanded the crew give up the ambulance and then led officers on a pursuit
Officials said a group of juveniles got inside the rig and started driving it while Sacramento firefighters were on a medical call
Panama City police reported that the ambulance was stolen from outside a hospital
Police say the man crashed the rig into hospital property before driving off
Paramedics were responding to a medical call when a man supposedly jumped in the ambulance and drove to a nearby fast food restaurant
Police say the man activated the ambulance’s equipment in an attempt to get other vehicles to move out of the way
A police officer who responded to a domestic violence call said they recognized the man from video of the ambulance theft
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