Man in custody after crashing stolen ambulance in Austin
A man was arrested for stealing an ambulance and crashing it June 7, 2020, in Austin on the West Side. | Sun-Times file photo
A man is in police custody Sunday after stealing an ambulance and crashing it in Austin on the West Side.
The man, 43, jumped into the ambulance about 2:30 p.m. in the 5100 block of West Washington Boulevard while Chicago Fire Department paramedics were loading a patient into the back, Chicago police said.
He sped off but only made it about a block before crashing in the 100 block of North Laramie Avenue, police said.
The man was taken into custody and brought to West Suburban Medical Center for treatment, police said.
