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NewsDecember 1, 2015

YORK, Pa. -- Emergency workers got a surprise when they wheeled a patient out of a home to their ambulance, only to find it wasn't there. Police said Leonard Eugene Smith, 21, took the vehicle for a joyride Friday before ditching it. Jim Arvin, president and CEO of White Rose Ambulance, said an in-vehicle video shows Smith "having a good time" behind the wheel, adding he "seemed excited." The abandoned ambulance later was found, and Smith was arrested...

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Cops: Man took ambulance for joyride

YORK, Pa. -- Emergency workers got a surprise when they wheeled a patient out of a home to their ambulance, only to find it wasn't there. Police said Leonard Eugene Smith, 21, took the vehicle for a joyride Friday before ditching it. Jim Arvin, president and CEO of White Rose Ambulance, said an in-vehicle video shows Smith "having a good time" behind the wheel, adding he "seemed excited." The abandoned ambulance later was found, and Smith was arrested.

-- Associated Press

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