Sacramento Police Arrest Man Who Crashed Stolen Ambulance

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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A antheral is successful custody aft stealing an ambulance and starring a little ft pursuit successful the downtown area, the Sacramento Police Department said connected Sunday.

Cecil Jackson, 35, was booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail connected charges of stealing an exigency vehicle, felony hit-and-run and felony reckless driving.

Sacramento constabulary said they received reports precocious Saturday nighttime of the ambulance being driven recklessly and crashing into a parked vehicle.

The ambulance was reportedly stolen from Mercy General on the 4000 artifact of J Street.

A constabulary craft spotted the ambulance successful the downtown area, wherever constabulary said helium crashed into an occupied vehicle. The operator of that conveyance suffered a insignificant injury.

Jackson abandoned the ambulance successful the country of D and 23rd streets and tried to get distant connected ft adjacent Democracy Alley, wherever helium was yet arrested astatine astir 11:30 p.m., constabulary said.

Steve Passal lives adjacent and heard the commotion

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“Tons of sirens descend connected the vicinity from each direction, and past it each went quiet,” Passal said. “And determination were constabulary everywhere.”