HOUSTON – Part of the Gulf Freeway was closed for about two hours but has reopened after a woman stole an ambulance and crashed it early Monday morning.
Police say a female suspect took a brand new Acute Medical Services ambulance from a hospital around 4 a.m. and then crashed it on the Gulf Freeway near the South Loop early Monday.
A tracking device on the vehicle led police to Braeswood, but they only found a discarded iPad from the ambulance at that location.
About 20 minutes later, a report of an ambulance crashing on the Gulf Freeway and the South Loop came in.
A witness told police that the woman in the ambulance clipped the back end of his truck and then struck a barricade. The ambulance then flipped over, trapping the female suspect underneath.
Firefighters were able to extract her from the vehicle, and she was transported to a local hospital.
It is unclear why she took the ambulance in the first place but charges are expected to be filed.