LETTER: America taken for a ride

LETTER: America taken for a ride

Years ago Bell Ambulance of Milwaukee advertised the virtues of its life saving equipped ambulances. They concluded the ad with: “If it doesn’t say Bell on the side you’ve just been taken on a ride.”

Ambulance taken for joyride while awaiting patient transfer in Timaru

"I thought, 'who the hell takes a vehicle like this'?" the ambulance owner told 1News.

High-speed joyride caught on dashcam after ambulance taken from hospital

A man was seen walking towards the vehicle just before it was driven at speeds of up to 82kph across Timaru early on Tuesday.