A hospital affected person is needed in Virginia after he walked out of his remedy and stole an ambulance whereas nonetheless carrying a hospital robe and with an IV nonetheless in his arm on Monday, authorities mentioned.
The theft occurred round 9:30 p.m. exterior Inova Fairfax Hospital, the place the suspect had been receiving remedy following a car crash on I-66, the Fairfax County Police Department mentioned.
“Whereas not but discharged, he walked away from remedy with an IV in arm, jumped in a non-public transport ambulance and stole it,” the division mentioned, including a photograph of the suspect taken contained in the ambulance.
Whereas the ambulance was later recovered, police have but to search out the suspect.
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Police mentioned the suspect was nonetheless carrying a hospital robe and had an IV caught in his arm when he left the hospital and stole an ambulance. (Fairfax County Police Division )
Police recognized the person as 32-year-old Rickey Lowe of Manassas, FOX5 Atlanta reported.
He’s described as a Black man weighing 300 kilos with a shaved head and tattoos on his arms.
The suspect stole an ambulance exterior the Inova Fairfax Hospital, police mentioned. (Google Maps)
Police mentioned Lowe was a passenger in a crash on U.S. Route 50 in Virginia earlier that day, the station reported.
Police imagine the car Lowe was in had been stolen from a home in Manassas. Investigators recovered two firearms and narcotics from contained in the car following the crash, in line with the native station.
Authorities requested anybody with details about the suspect’s whereabouts to contact police.
