NEW ORLEANS — An ambulance was stolen from a New Orleans hospital's emergency room ramp on Thursday, a New Orleans EMS spokesperson said.
The EMS ambulance was stolen from Touro hospital in the 1400 block of Foucher Street, said a spokesperson with the New Orleans Emergency Medical Services. It was later found by members of the New Orleans Police Department in Gert Town.
The suspect, a man, drove to Pine St and Earhart and left the vehicle running as he exited. The ambulance rolled into an NOPD unit.
EMS said they heard reports that the man may have crashed into other vehicles between Touro and the crash.
NOPD officers have detained a subject after reportedly running off, a New Orleans EMS spokesperson said on Twitter.
A photo shared with the statement on Twitter shows New Orleans EMS truck stopped in the road on Earhart Boulevard and Pine Street, near Norwood Thompson Park.
How the suspect was able to steal the ambulance is still being investigated.
There were no injuries and no patients in the vehicle but the suspect has been taken to the hospital for evaluation.
The NOPD said they will not consider a carjacking.