Crime & Safety
Man Takes Police In Multi-County Chase After Commandeering An Ambulance
From a downtown hospital, the driver drove past Cedar Park toward Bell County where he was finally pulled over.
AUSTIN, TX — A Killeen man was arrested Saturday after allegedly stealing an ambulance outside of University Medical Center Brackenridge in downtown Austin and leading officials on a multi-county chase that ended in Bell County.
The incident occurred Saturday morning when the 43-year-old ambulance joy rider is said to have fled in the emergency vehicle at about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, according to emergency officials.
The vehicle was left unattended as medics transported a patient into the hospital. The man commandeered the vehicle and fled north, reaching Cedar Park when other law enforcement officials gave chase given the sudden change in jurisdiction.
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A trooper with the Department of Public Safety is said to have then spotted the ambulance and attempted to pull the driver over on U.S. Highway 190 eastbound in Lampasas County. But the driver kept going, travelling toward Bell County.
It was there the driver finally stopped, in Killeen where he's from. He was taken into custody without incident, and is undergoing evaluation.
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FINAL- The ambulance taken earlier today has been stopped and secured. No reports of injuries or pts. Be Safe out there.
— ATCEMS (@ATCEMS) December 3, 2016
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