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Date: Sun, 5-Jan-86 22:11:39 EST
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From The Globe And Mail, Toronto
Thur. Jan. 2, page 1


     Escapade in ambulance foiled by emergency call

The Globe And Mail
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   A stolen ambulance was retrieved by Peel Regional Police
yesterday when the thief responded to an emergency call --
and returned it to the same house she had taken it from.
   The case of the missing ambulance started in Brampton, Ont.,
when the driver and attendant emerged from a house with a
patient on a stretcher only to find their vehicle had been
stolen.
   The driver called police to report the theft, then phoned
for a replacement ambulance to pick up the patient.
   Meanwhile, the person who had stolen the ambulance was
driving around Brampton, attempting to respond to another
emergency call for an ambulance. Police said she was having
difficulty finding the street when the dispatcher called for
the replacement. She decided to respond because she did not
realize that it was the same address from which she had taken
the ambulance.
   Police were sitting in a cruiser calling in a description
of the stolen vehicle when it pulled into the driveway.
   A 61-year-old woman was charged with theft valued at more
than $200. She was taken to Peel Memorial Hospital for
observation.