FLOWER'S COVE, N.L. — A 48-year-old man is in custody after allegedly hijacking an ambulance and assaulting a paramedic.
Flower’s Cove RCMP says on Friday, April 12 at about 5:30 p.m. they received a report that a patient who was being transported in an ambulance assaulted a paramedic, stole the ambulance and crashed it a short distance away.
Police arrived at the scene of the crash and took the 48-year-old man into custody.
The investigation is continuing and charges are pending.