A California man led police on a chase in a stolen ambulance for more than 20 miles on I-5 Friday night before being arrested, according to Oregon State Police.
Troopers responded to a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 near Portland on Friday night, KPTV reported. The driver started to run, but returned and stole Woodland ambulance that had responded.The driver took the ambulance north into Portland, where police soon started receiving calls about it driving on sidewalks and the wrong way down one-way streets.
Officers tried to pin the ambulance but the driver rammed a cruiser, hit a building and continued driving. Eventually the driver got on I-5 southbound.Police arrested him after he stopped the ambulance and tried to get into another car on the freeway.
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