US man steals ambulance, crashes into 13 other vehicles as he attempts to flee

Police say the 30-year-old driver had also stolen two trucks and crashed them before he made off with the ambulance

He refused to stop as troopers closed in and reversed the ambulance into a patrol car before ending the chase by hitting a parked car head-on

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The high-speed pursuit ended when the fire service ambulance crashed head-on into a parked car in Washington, police said. Photo: Virginia State Police via Facebook/TNS

Published: 12:10pm, 14 Aug 2023

A driver in the United States has been accused of stealing an ambulance that responded to a crash and leading police on a chase, hitting more than a dozen vehicles along the way.

On the afternoon of August 12, Virginia State Police were called to a two-vehicle crash in Arlington, according to a news release.

One of the drivers was taken to a hospital, but the other driver involved in the crash fled the scene in a truck that had been reported stolen from Falls Church, Virginia, police said.

The stolen truck was driven by a 30-year-old Maryland man, police said.

An ambulance rushes along a city street. The 30-year-old suspect had stolen two other trucks before he made off with an ambulance, police said. Photo: Monkey Business Images/Dreamstime/TNS

Just one minute later, police were called again to a multi-vehicle crash nearby, and the same stolen truck was identified, police said. This time, five people were taken to a hospital and the driver of the stolen truck abandoned the truck and ran away, according to the release.

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