Overview
- The incident began around 3:15–3:25 p.m. as a Medstar crew treated multiple patients at a three-car crash at 10 Mile and Novi roads.
- Police say the at-fault driver entered the ambulance with a paramedic and patient inside and drove off.
- Officers pursued the vehicle to Eight Mile and Beck on the Novi–Northville border, where it collided with another car.
- The ambulance caught fire and was declared a total loss, and Medstar tracked its location for law enforcement.
- The paramedic, patient, the other motorist, and the suspect were taken to Henry Ford Providence Hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening, and the suspect was arrested after attempting to flee on foot.