Accident victim flees scene in ambulance

According to a police report, Medina Ambulance paramedics were preparing to provide first aid to the injured party alongside highway PR-52 southbound when the man got out of his vehicle, got into the ambulance and sped away.

By The Star Staff

Paramedics were robbed of their ambulance after they stopped to help an individual involved in an accident on highway PR-52 southbound between San Juan and Caguas, the Puerto Rico Police Bureau said Monday.

According to the police report, Medina Ambulance paramedics were preparing to provide first aid to the injured party when he got out of his vehicle, got into the ambulance and sped away.

Later, San Juan Traffic Division agents found the stolen vehicle in front of the Santa Juana Condominium in the Villa Blanca neighborhood of Caguas.

The case was to be referred to the San Juan Stolen Vehicle Division for investigation.