Excerpts from nbcchicago.com:
A man has been charged with stealing a Chicago Fire Department ambulance Monday in the Chinatown neighborhood and leading police on a chase that lasted more than two hours.
According to police, Benjamin K. Herrington, 46, entered the ambulance around 4:40 p.m. as it sat empty, parked on the street outside a fire station in the 200 block of West Cermak Road.
Herrington then allegedly took the ambulance on a more than 70-mile ride before being taken into custody in a dramatic pursuit that lasted nearly two hours and shut down both sides of Interstate 55 in Livingston County.
Illinois State Police remained in pursuit of the vehicle before it blew a tire and ultimately was stopped just short of exit 217 in Dwight.
Herrington, from Chicago, was charged with fleeing from police, resisting arrest and possession of a stolen vehicle, Illinois State Police said.
He was treated at a hospital and taken to Grundy County Jail, where’s he’s awaiting transfer to Cook County. Chicago police are the lead investigating agency.
thanks Rob
#1 by Eric on April 29, 2022 - 8:10 AM
It was one of the oldest frontline ambos – over 7 years old.
#2 by crabbymilton on April 29, 2022 - 7:09 AM
I can’t believe that they are declaring it totaled! Unless this thing was nearing it’s standard service life. How old was it?
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-ambulance-stolen-chase-man-steals/11800489/