An EMS ambulance parked at Baton Rouge General Medical Center’s mid-city campus was stolen early Wednesday morning, EMS officials said. The ambulance was recovered minutes later when it crashed into another.
Emergency crews were bringing a patient into the hospital on Florida Boulevard at about 5:30 a.m. when the theft occurred. The driver, who has not yet been identified, was arrested by Baton Rouge Police.
While on the joyride, the driver crashed into a vehicle at Airline and Old Hammond highways minutes after the ambulance was stolen, an EMS official said. No one was injured in the crash.
Baton Rouge Police took the driver into custody.
