Local police officials say the man was being transferred from University Hospital, also in San Antonio, to Nix around 12:30 a.m. when he took off running and got into an empty ambulance in the hospital’s parking lot. The ambulance had just dropped off another patient, so it was empty when the man stole it, according to the report.
Shortly after driving off, a police helicopter spotted the stolen vehicle. Officers followed the ambulance on a “long and winding route,” according to the report, before pulling it over and taking the man into custody.
The police told KSAT 12 the man was unharmed and no damage was done to the ambulance.
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