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Ambulance stolen from local hospital

Mar 27

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News | 2 Comments

Chicago FD Ambulance 30 after a crash

A 34-year-old man who was kicked out of St. Bernard Hospital stole an ambulance that was outside early Tuesday. He was waiting to be treated about 3:55 a.m. when he grew impatient and disruptive, prompting staff to eject him from the hospital. Just outside the man stole an ambulance and drove it for about a block when he crashed into a light pole and a street sign, mowing them down.

The man was taken into custody by police and taken back to St. Bernard Hospital for treatment.

The ambulance came to a stop with two flat tires near a guard rail for the Dan Ryan Expressway. Its front bumper was partially crushed and missing a headlight.

thanks Dan

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Ambulance stolen from local hospital (more)

Oct 15

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The Daily Herald has a follow-up article on the theft of an Arlington Heihgts ambulance from Northwest Community Hospital last week.

Under the cover of darkness, police say, Samantha Sligar slipped out of Northwest Community Hospital and into the driver’s seat of an idling and unlocked ambulance. Two Arlington Heights paramedics had wheeled a patient on a gurney into the emergency room and were restocking their supplies about 4 a.m. Friday as Sligar was making away with ambulance No. 4.

Two hours later and some 150 miles away, the ambulance was disabled alongside Interstate 57, and Rantoul, Illinois, police were handcuffing Sligar and taking her into custody. She told them she was going to her job at a St. Louis department store, according to police, but also that she considered going to Marion, Illinois. She said her car and her wallet had been stolen.

By all accounts what happened in between was one wild ride.

According to authorities, the Arlington Heights paramedics realized in less than 20 minutes their ambulance had been stolen. An alert went out, and Rolling Meadows police were the first to spot it, trailing the ambulance to Roselle Road where it then got onto eastbound I-90. Squad cars from multiple departments followed the ambulance on I-90.

At 4:40 a.m., an emergency alert went out. Police in south suburban Matteson located the ambulance heading south on I-57, but Sligar disregarded their command to pull over, according to a state police spokeswoman. Further down the line, both Manteno police and Kankakee County officers each tried unsuccessfully to stop the ambulance, which by various accounts was recklessly speeding down Interstate 57, police said, running vehicles off the road with lights flashing and sirens blaring. Authorities treated her carefully, not wanting to precipitate an accident. At one point, Sligar eluded Illinois State Police at 80 miles an hour with the ambulance’s lights flashing, authorities said.

But as the ambulance approached the Ford/Champaign county line, authorities had to act. Troopers who were supposed to pick up the chase there were instead at a serious accident at milepost 211 involving several semitrailer trucks. Traffic was at a standstill behind it.

Rantoul police spread stop sticks, or spike sticks, across the southbound interstate. The sticks puncture tires and let the air out of them slowly, to limit the likelihood of rollovers. The spikes shredded the ambulance’s front left tire, but Sligar continued to drive awhile, police said, finally bumping to a stop at about milepost 250. Rantoul police arrested her without incident, they said, and locked her up inside the police station.

Arlington Heights Ambulance R2 (running as Ambulance 4) back in service at a Long Grove fire scene on Monday night. Larry Shapiro photo

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Ambulance stolen from local hospital

Oct 10

Posted by Admin in Fire Department News | 7 Comments

The the Chicago Tribune has an article about Arlington Heights Ambulance 4 being stolen this morning fromNorthwest Community Hospital:

A Minneapolis, Minnesota woman has been charged after police said she stole an ambulance from an Arlington Heights hospital and drove it to Rantoul early Friday morning. Samantha Sligar, 27, was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, according to a statement from Rantoul police.

An ambulance crew was dropping off a patient at Northwest Community Hospital in the northwest suburb about 4 a.m. Friday, according to the Arlington Heights fire department. When the crew returned the ambulance was gone.

A woman took the ambulance and fled the area. She was later spotted by Matteson police traveling southbound on Interstate 57, according to Illinois State Police. By 6:30 a.m., police had stopped the ambulance along I-57 near exit 250, according to the Rantoul Police Department. No injuries were reported.

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Cicero ambulance stolen

Oct 10

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The Chicago Tribune has an article detailing a man stealing a Cicero Fire Department ambulance from MacNeal Hospital … because he needed a ride home.

A 77-year-old man told police he stole an ambulance from MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn because he had just left the hospital and “needed to get home,” authorities say.

Officers caught up with John Neal just before midnight Tuesday on the South Side of Chicago, about 10 miles from the hospital and two miles from his home in the 6800 block of South Claremont Avenue, according to a police report.

There was damage to the passenger side mirror and the undercarriage of the ambulance, which is owned by the Town of Cicero. Neal has never had a driver’s license, police say.

The ambulance was parked outside the hospital, apparently idling with a door open, while two paramedics were inside MacNeal, said Ray Hanania, a Cicero town spokesman. Neal had been “kicked out” of the hospital where ambulances were parked, and may have been intoxicated and angry, Hanania said.

The entire article is HERE.

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