Details Emerge on Theft, Crash of Dallas Ambulance
Source Dallas Morning News
A routine call for help was hijacked Tuesday morning when a patient stole a Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance and crashed it into a Stemmons Corridor warehouse.
Paramedics were responding to a crash in the 1200 block of West Mockingbird Lane around 6:15 a.m. when the man they were supposed to be treating jumped into their ambulance and drove east, Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesperson Jason Evans said.
His joyride ended about a mile away when he crashed into the Dallas Foundation Drilling building, KTVT-TV (Channel 11) reported.
He tried to steal another vehicle from the nearby Southern Botanical landscaping building, but workers saw him coming and took the keys from their truck. Once he got inside, they held the truck's doors shut until police arrived.
The patient was arrested and taken to a local hospital with minor injuries.
The theft comes two days after a Fort Worth man commandeered a CareFlite ambulance from Baylor University Medical Center for a trip to Jack in the Box.
That ambulance was recovered intact, but authorities told KXAS-TV (NBC5) that repairing the Dallas Fire-Rescue ambulance could cost as much as $150,000.
Cops say a patient turned "suspect" stole this ambulance and then crash it into the building. Details on @NBCDFWpic.twitter.com/oMVvjDsIO4
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