BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — An ambulance stolen out of Tulare County and driven at high-speeds crashed into a tree in the area of Highway 99 and Rosedale Highway in Bakersfield Wednesday afternoon.
The LifeStar ambulance was taken by an unidentified person at a hospital in Tulare at around 3 p.m. A LifeStar spokesperson said a paramedic driver was in the passenger seat working on a computer when someone jumped into the driver’s seat and drove off.
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The LifeStar paramedic was able to get out of the ambulance. No one was hurt, LifeStar Ambulance said.
The ambulance went southbound on Highway 99. The driver eventually exited at Rosedale Highway and crashed into a tree. The driver was taken into custody in Bakersfield and turned over to Tulare County authorities…