An ambulance has been rendered temporarily unusable after it was allegedly stolen during an emergency call-out in Dunedin, St John says. The $220,000 vehicle was taken in South Dunedin just after 11pm yesterday, police say, and had to be stopped with road spikes in Waihola. "It is reprehensible that while our ambulance officers were providing essential clinical care to a patient someone would steal their ambulance," Ms Buchanan said. "We understand that the ambulance has sustained considerable damage so will be off the road for repairs, putting it out of action as an emergency resource.'' During the incident the ambulance was tracked using its GPS and stopped in Waihola using road spikes.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 25, 2018 22:41 UTC