Man Steals Ambulance And Sparks High-speed Pursuit In Illinois

An incident in Illinois featured a speeding ambulance, but the emergency vehicle wasn't on its way to rescue someone; but instead, it was running from local police.

Illinois Police On High Speed Chance With An Ambulance

When you were growing up, did you ever dream of being a police officer, firefighter, ambulance driver, or any other sort of first responder? It might've been the thrill of a high-speed chase, rescuing someone in need, or even arresting a bad guy.

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Think about being able to drive way above the speed limit legally for your job. That would be exciting. Of course, it takes a special kind of person for jobs like those. You have to be disciplined and willing to take risks at the same time.

Apparently, a man in Chicago wanted to be an ambulance driver for at least a few minutes. Why else would he steal one from right in front of a hospital? Either that or he's just an idiot. He caused a high-speed chase with the police, which will get him thrown in jail for a significant amount of time.

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According to CBS News...

Chicago police announced on Sunday that a man was charged with allegedly stealing an ambulance and leading police on a chase on the city's West Side last week.

 

Lamont Hill, 59, of Chicago, was charged with 19 felonies, including aggravated battery to a peace officer, criminal damage to government property between $500-$10,000, vehicular hijacking, possessing a stolen vehicle, kidnapping with force or threat of force, attempted disarming of a peace officer, leaving the scene of an accident, aggravated reckless driving, aggravated fleeing causing bodily injury, aggravated fleeing causing $300 of property damage, and evading police.

 

Police said he was identified as the suspect who, moments earlier, allegedly stole an ambulance from Loretto Hospital.