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Los Angeles Ambulance Stolen At Hospital

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YESTERDAY AFTERNOON A LOS ANGELES CITY ambulance was stolen from the ER ramp at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital.

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Surveillance camera show ambulance leaving the hospital lot.

It was spotted about four hours later near Paso Robles, more than 200 miles away.  After a brief chase by the Highway Patrol, it was stopped by a spike strip and the driver was arrested.  Surveillance video places him in the lobby of the hospital shortly before the theft.

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KSBY Ch. 6 in San Luis Obispo has the STORY.
KCBS Ch. 2 in Los Angeles has the better VIDEO.

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The ambulance after the tires were shredded by the spike strip.