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.
An Ogden Fire Department crew was treating a patient inside a building when the rig was taken from the scene
Here鈥檚 why locking the ambulance should be a policy for every agency and a habit for every EMS provider, like wearing a seatbelt
The medic narrates what happened when two people stole an ambulance while he was sleeping in the back
Ammanuel Owar Ojha stole the East Hills ambulance from out front of of Select Specialty Hospital
Dezire Raequan Goldman stole the ambulance and drove nearly 20 miles before being noticed by police
Yengi Lado stole the Ogdensburg ambulance last year from outside a hospital and drove it into a garage
Police officers used spike strips to stop one of the ambulances
Monroe County deputies pursued the stolen ambulance at speeds reaching nearly 90 mph on I-75
Bradley Paul Harriford found the keys in the ambulance and took off
New Orleans police tracked down two ambulances stolen from two different hospitals in one week
Terrance Trent Darby, 34, allegedly drove the ambulance toward a sheriff鈥檚 office captain who was setting up stop sticks to assist with ending the chase
A patient sitting outside a Port St. Lucie hospital got into the ambulance as EMS personnel were inside dropping off a patient
Darell Caldwell led police on a string of interstate crashes from Arlington County into the District of Columbia
Tulsa police say the patient was driving in the parking garage with lights and siren on, hitting low-hanging signs
The Broward County Sheriff鈥檚 Office said the woman crashed the NHT ambulance once then bailed out before the second crash
Dewyane Anderson led police on a pursuit after stealing an ambulance from King鈥檚 Daughters Medical Center
Long Beach Police found the abandoned fire ambulance crashed into a telephone pole, less than a half-mile from a deadly fire
The Kansas City Fire Department ambulance was stolen from the emergency bay at Research Medical Center, police say
The Fort Worth engine sustained minor damage and was found about two blocks away
The Buckeye Valley Fire District is also considering adding a person to each crew to monitor the rig
EMS providers were tending to a patient when they noticed the vehicle was missing
Pa. police stopped the stolen rig more than 20 miles away
Video shows how officers blocked in the ambulance as the driver pulled into a gas station
A Kunkel Ambulance spokesperson said employees were cleaning the rig between shifts when Vanessa Armstead got in and drove away
The man crashed the ambulance, injuring the trapped provider, before fleeing and later stealing a Tanner Fire Department fire truck and crashing it, as well
Video: A Pharr EMS ambulance was stolen earlier this month while EMS providers were taking a patient into Mission Hospital
Phillip Shane Bradford avoided being caught for six days and was taken into custody with three other people
Vanessa Armstead was rescued from Irondequoit Bay last year, but the ambulance sank
Phillip Shane Bradford overpowered the sheriff鈥檚 deputy who took him to the hospital and fled in an ambulance, the sheriff鈥檚 office said
The ambulance was taken from Sherman Oaks Hospital and struck the other vehicles about three minutes later; none of the injuries were reported to be serious
Police are looking for the person who got into the parked rig as providers were responding to a call
Bushkill Emergency Medical Services employees said they left the ambulance parked when they took a patient into Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono
