Can't Blame the Amb. Driver For This One
LATE MONDAY NIGHT IN COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, an ambulance crew had just brought a patient to The Medical Center and before going inside to finish up, they locked all the doors of the ambulance and left the motor running in the sub-freezing temperature. However, the driver did remove the keys and took them with him. The Macon Telegraph continues:
The ambulance driver was at The Medical Center about 11:50 p.m. doing some paperwork with the ambulance’s engine running when Johnnie Carter, 36, described in police reports as a psychiatric patient, stepped outside, Columbus Police Lt. William Orlich said. “A patient walked out, jumped in the ambulance and took off,” he added.
Johnnie Carter
Paramedics with Mid Georgia Ambulance had just unloaded a 911 patient and the ambulance was locked at the time. The suspect forced his way inside the ambulance by breaking a window, said Amy Abel-Kiker, the ambulance company’s public relations director. “The paramedics were following the absolute correct protocol,” Abel-Kiker said. “It was very cold outside. The engine was running, but it was locked. The paramedic did have the keys in his pocket.”
That paramedic tried to stop the ambulance as Carter drove away, and was dragged 20 feet before being thrown from the vehicle. Police say Carter then drove south from the hospital before running the ambulance into PTAP (an auto accessories store), which is on 13th Street near Veterans Parkway.“He ran the ambulance into the building,” Orlich said.
PTAP before ^ (Google Street View)
PTAP after (Macon Telegraph)
Police found Carter sitting inside the business bleeding from cuts on his head. He was arrested without incident and, after being treated back at the hospital he started out from, was taken to jail where he is being held without bond until 8 am Wednesday. He was charged with criminal damage to property, aggravated assault, theft by taking motor vehicle, striking a fixed object and crossing the center line.
WALB-TV filed this video report:
The Macon Telegraph has MORE.
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