A Chicago police chase ended with 1 person in custody after a Chicago Fire Department ambulance that was stolen in Chinatown Monday afternoon.
CHICAGO -- A man is in custody following a more than 70-mile police chase after stealing city ambulance in Chinatown Monday afternoon.
During the theft, a bystander stops and does a double take as the driver pulls off. Officials said no one was in the ambulance when it was stolen. At one point police closed in on the tail and threw a rumble stick, flattening the back left tire though not enough to deter the driver. Strips took out the ambulance's back driver's side tire but the chase continued on, with the bare rim smoking at times. By 6:30 p.m. the ambulance had made it nearly 80 miles southwest of the city, near Dwight, where the driver slowed to a stop and got out.
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