On Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016 at 6 a.m. the EPS received a call from EMS reporting that a patient allegedly stole a parked ambulance and left the hospital.
The ambulance was tracked by police with the assistance of a GPS system within the ambulance. The stolen ambulance travelled westbound, leaving Edmonton as EPS officers followed it. The RCMP was notified and was able to stop the ambulance and arrest the lone female driver without incident around 6:40 a.m. in Duffield, Alberta near Range Road 32 and Highway 16. There were no injuries reported.
The 21-year-old female suspect was turned over to EPS and charged with dangerous driving, theft over $5,000, failing to remain at the scene of a collision, and driving an uninsured vehicle. She was later returned into the care of the hospital.
The file is still under investigation.