MADISON COUNTY, Ill. (First Alert 4) – A stolen ambulance crashed in Madison County on Thursday morning.
Madison County Sheriff Jeff Connor told First Alert 4 that a patient stole an ambulance after being transported in it to Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City. Granite City officers then put out a call regarding the ambulance theft.
A Madison County deputy spotted the stolen ambulance and started pursuing it, with other agencies joining in. When the ambulance went over a hill on northbound Route 111, a South Roxana unit deployed stop strips. When the ambulance attempted to go around the strips, it lost control and crashed near Wagon Wheel…