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.
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After the rig was uncovered, police were forced to use a fingerprint scanner to identify the man, who was determined to have a history of mental illness
The suspect fought a nurse and two officers before fleeing the hospital sans gown and stealing an ambulance from a crew unloading a patient
The ambulance reportedly went over 100 mph and eventually crashed
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Police said Nicholas Albano put a crew member in a headlock and punched them repeatedly
EMS providers were getting ready to unload the patient from the ambulance when he got into the driver鈥檚 seat and took off
The driver got on and off several freeways before eventually crashing
A police aircraft tracked the ambulance as it drove through Sacramento
Patrick Ford, 31, stole the vehicle while it was on display for the New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Association
Matthew Thomas Cook, 34, was pulled over for a traffic stop before allegedly stealing an ambulance in an attempt to flee pursuing officers
Police pursued the stolen ambulance through four cities before they were able to subdue the suspect and take him into custody
Police initially pursued the stolen ambulance and arrested the woman after she allegedly 鈥渞ammed鈥� a different American Ambulance vehicle en route to the hospital
Police say a woman stole an ambulance while first responders were answering a 911 call
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
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