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Patient dies after ambulance stolen in Soper
Monday, March 1st 2021, 4:01 PM CST
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A surveillance camera captured this image of the person who stole an ambulance from the Choctaw County Ambulance Authority on February 28, 2021.
(Courtesy ChoctawCoEMS/Facebook)
SOPER, Okla. (KTEN) -- A Choctaw County man has died after an ambulance was stolen at his house in Soper late Sunday night.
The Choctaw County Ambulance Authority said medics were treating a patient inside the home around 11:30 p.m. when a young man jumped in the ambulance and drove away.
Before abandoning the vehicle, the suspect got away with medicine and supplies.
Investigators said a family member had to drive the patient 35 miles to a hospital in Paris, Texas for further treatment. The man later died.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has stepped in to help on this case. If you have any information that could help identify the suspect, call the Choctaw County Sheriff's Office at 580-326-2130.
