San Diego police have arrested a man who allegedly led them on a pursuit through the city’s streets in a stolen ambulance.
A 52-year-old man drove the ambulance away from Sharp Memorial Hospital early Saturday morning, authorities said.
The ambulance belongs to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, department spokesman
Maurice Luque told Channel 5 News San Diego. Luque said paramedics had taken a patient to Sharp and when they came back outside, "no ambulance. Ambulance missing.” Fire dispatchers were able to track the ambulance by GPS and informed police.
Officers were able to stop the driver using a spike strip.
Paul John Sos was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, auto theft, evading police and driving with a suspended license, San Diego police told Channel 5.
–Shelby Grad