The Pittsburgh ambulance was tracked 20 miles away, and state police arrested the driver.
By Chris Mautner Source pennlive.com (TNS) Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
A man was arrested after police said he stole an ambulance while paramedics were handling a medical call, according to multiple reports.
Pittsburgh Public Safety said that at about 4:30 a.m. Friday morning, medics responded to a call in the 200 block of West Sycamore Street in Pittsburgh.
While they were treating a patient, a man stole the ambulance and drove away.
Officials said it was driven to Beaver County, where state police were able to track it down more than 20 miles away, according to TribLive.
According to WPXI, multiple police cars surrounded the ambulance on the Parkway West outbound near the Hopewell exit.
The suspect was taken into custody.