A man receiving treatment from paramedics in Hamilton became “aggressive and threatening” and managed to hijack an ambulance from the crew who had fled the scene, before then crashing it into a nearby building.
The incident began shortly after 12.30pm in Ulster St in the Hamilton suburb of Whitiora where a man who was receiving treatment from paramedics was blocking their access and refusing to let them leave, a police spokeswoman said in a statement.
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“The man then got into the driver’s seat and crashed the ambulance into a building a short distance away,” the spokeswoman said.
Police arrested the man a short time later without incident, she said.