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Was It An Off-Duty Ambulance Driver?

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IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, THURSDAY EVENING, a delivery truck carrying 930 doses of swine flu vaccine was left idling outside a flu clinic while the driver was inside.  When he came back out, the truck was gone along with all its contents.

Officers found the abandoned Ryder rental truck less than an hour later with the vaccine apparently intact. As they investigated, a witness pointed to a 38-year-old leaving a nearby liquor store and identified him as one of  three men that were in the truck.  The man, who already has a criminal record, was arrested, but the police are still looking for the other two.

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WISN-TV adds:  “It was human error. It was a major faux pas by the moving company and we summarily terminated their contract,” Milwaukee Health Commissioner Bevan Baker said.

Baker said the truck driver went into the Sara Scott Middle School to pick up supplies from the vaccine clinic held there on Thursday, leaving the truck unattended and running.

The vaccines were leftovers from Thursday’s clinic. All 930 were still in the back of the truck when police found it, but the commissioner said they’ll be trashed since he can’t be sure they weren’t tampered with.

WBKO-TV Ch. 13 has a brief video report:

Posted by on November 6, 2009 • Filed under: health & safety, News • Tagged: , , ,

Another Stolen Ambulance

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FROM VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON, COMES A REPORT on still another stolen ambulance.  This time it was an AMR unit that was outside of a residence while the crew was inside tending to their patient.  A passing Vancouver firefighter had stopped in to assist and he saw the ambulance suddenly drive away.  He notified the crew and they called for a backup unit, then notified the police.

The missing ambulance was abandoned about 10 minutes later several miles from the scene.  Neighbors believe it was snatched by a local street bum that they recognized and the police are searching for him.

WKPTV Ch. 12 Portland has this video report:

Posted by on October 30, 2009 • Filed under: ambulances, crime, EMS Topics • Tagged: , , ,

Controlled Drugs Stolen From Amb. Station

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THIEVES BROKE INTO AN AMBULANCE STATION NEAR SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, Saturday and stole an undetermined, but large amount of drugs from the drug safes.

Police say that the thieves entered the Warilla Ambulance Station sometime between 8 am and noon Saturday.  The Sydney Morning Herald reports that they broke through two locked doors and then “jemmied” open several safes inside the station.  The only description the police have been able to give is that the perps may have “unauthorised possession of restricted substances.”

The stolen drugs include adrenaline, morphine and Fentanyl.

Read the New South Wales Police press release HERE.

Posted by on October 25, 2009 • Filed under: ambulances, crime, EMS Topics • Tagged: , , , , ,