NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Two Emergency Medical Services workers were struck by their own ambulance after it was stolen in the Bronx late Thursday, and one was killed, sources said.
Police sources sold CBS2 the EMS workers were responding to a motor vehicle accident around 7:30 p.m. at White Plains Road and Watson Avenue in the Soundview section of the Bronx.
They were both outside the ambulance when an emotionally disturbed person who was not connected to the original crash jumped behind the wheel and tried to take off, sources said.
As CBS2’s Tracee Carrasco reported, the ambulance apparently whipped around the corner and hit the EMS workers — a man and a woman,
Both EMS workers were taken to Jacobi Medical Center and were reported in extremely critical condition. The female worker later died, while the male worker remained hospitalized Thursday night.
Mayor Bill de Blasio was headed to the hospital Thursday night.
The suspect was taken into custody at the scene after he crashed the ambulance about 100 yards from where it was taken, sources said.
Charges against the suspect were pending late Thursday.
