Florida patient wearing medical gown flees hospital in stolen ambulance
August 31, 2023
Marquisa Allen allegedly stole an ambulance after noticing EMS workers left it unmanned outside a hospital.
Talk about a sick ride.
A Florida hospital patient still in her medical gown was arrested Wednesday after she stole an ambulance, police said.
Marquisa Allen, 25, of Miami allegedly led Port St. Lucie officers on a bizarre chase when she spontaneously decided to steal the unmanned truck.
Officials said she had been sitting on a bench outside the HCA Florida St. Lucie Hospital — dressed in the blue hospital gown — when she noticed EMS personnel leave the ambulance running while they dropped a patient off inside.
Allen peeled out of the hospital parking lot, but failed to consider one detail: the ambulance was outfitted with a GPS tracker that immediately provided officers with her exact location, the PSLPD said in a statement.
She was quickly tracked down amid the heavy traffic of the Florida Turnpike.
Allen allegedly jumped out of the vehicle and bolted — despite not wearing any shoes — but was soon outpaced by Florida Highway Patrol troopers.
Photos of the arrest show Allen sitting on the side of the highway dressed in the gown and blue hospital-issued socks.
Police were able to quickly find Allen thanks to a GPS inside the ambulance.
According to a PSLPD spokesperson, Allen was not being held at the hospital and was “free to leave” when she jacked the ambulance.
Officials couldn’t disclose why she was at the hospital in the first place, but pointed out that there is no behavioral unit at the medical center.
Troopers charged her with giving false information to police, driving while with a suspended license and resisting without violence.
The PSLPD anticipates adding additional charges to the list.
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