YORK, Pa. (AP) — Emergency workers in Pennsylvania got an unpleasant surprise when they wheeled a patient out of a home to their ambulance, only to find it wasn’t there.
Police in York tell the York Dispatch that Leonard Eugene Smith, 21, took the vehicle for a joy ride before ditching it.
They say an in-vehicle camera captured his actions and a tracking device led them to the ambulance.
Jim Arvin, president and CEO of White Rose Ambulance, says the video shows Smith “having a good time” behind the wheel, adding he “seemed excited.”
Smith is charged with felony theft and a misdemeanor count of recklessly endangering another person. He’s jailed on $75,000 bail.
The patient, who was having breathing problems, got to the hospital without much delay after another ambulance was called.
- Posted December 07, 2015
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