US: Man Steals Ambulance To Drive Himself To Hospital, Later Tells Police He Was Having 'Heart Attack'
In a bizarre incident, a man in US' Baltimore who said he had an attack attack allegedly stole an ambulance to drive himself to the hospital.
In a bizarre incident, a man in the US' Baltimore, who said he had a heart attack, allegedly stole an ambulance to drive himself to the hospital.
A Baltimore City Fire Department Medical Unit responded to a call
for service at a residence in the city's 900 block on Seagull Avenue, The Washington Post reported. When they were inside the location, the 38-year-old man jumped into the running ambulance and took off.
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Shortly after the man drove away, authorities stopped him near the MedStar Harbor Hospital, according to police. Officers took the driver into custody without incident.
Police said the man told the officers that he was having a heart attack and stole the ambulance to drive himself to the hospital. After speaking to him, investigators determined that the man was having a "medical crisis."
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No injuries or damages were immediately reported.
As per the report citing
police spokeswoman Detective Chakia Fennoy, the man was taken to a hospital for an emergency evaluation. She, however, didn¡¯t have details on his condition.
It is still unclear if the man was facing any charges.
Last month, a man in US' Tennessee stole an ambulance from a hospital, crashed into a police vehicle, and then drove into the woods before he was caught.
Renny McMahon had stolen an ambulance from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville shortly after he reportedly created a disturbance.
Metro Nashville police
The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said authorities used GPS to track the ambulance to the Chestnut Hill neighbourhood, just south of downtown.
It was reported that a police officer drove behind the ambulance for a short amount of time before McMahon stopped the vehicle in the middle of the street, put the ambulance in reverse and crashed into the police vehicle.
McMahon then drove into the woods nearby. He was taken into custody without incident and hospitalized after he reportedly crashed the ambulance into trees.
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