Police say a man stole a ambulance from Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital and took it on a 25-mile joyride before police eventually stopped him on the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.
hospital and took it on a 25-mile joyride that ended when state police used a spike strip to stop him, authorities said.
The ambulance he had ridden in was sitting outside the hospital unlocked, unoccupied and with the keys in the ignition when the man left the facility just before 5 a.m., a New York City police spokesperson said. The man got in and drove off, police said. People load up bags outside Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital during the coronavirus pandemic on April 14, 2020 in New York City. Shelter-In-Place and social distancing continues across the city, emptying streets and businesses to curb the spread of tState troopers spotted the ambulance near Tarrytown and tried to stop it, the New York state police said in a news release. The driver failed to stop, and the troopers gave chase, police said.
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