BUCODA, WASHINGTON, A SMALL TOWN SOUTH OF OLYMPIA, is without an ambulance for a long period of time.  An 18-yr.-old fire cadet got himself drunk Saturday morning and decided to take the FD’s only ambulance out for a joy-ride.

Careening down the highway with the lights and siren on, he crashed the town’s only ambulance into a ditch and totaled it.

KIRO-TV photo

With no ambulance for the region, fire engines will be responding on aid calls to provide care while waiting up to 20 minutes for an ambulance to arrive from a neighboring town to transport.  Insurance will not cover the replacement cost of the wrecked ambulance, so the FD is trying to arrange for a loaner from another department until they can get a new one.

Deputies said the cadet will likely face a number of felony charges, including theft and burglary.  His roommate summed it up:  “He was kind of drunk and messed up and he knows he ruined his career with the fire department.”  Gee, ya’ think?

Read the complete story and see a video from KIRO-TV HERE.

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