Meet the Tow Truck Driver Who Swooped in During Wild Ambulance Chase Through Philly | NBC10

rarely will you see a city police department chasing a city ambulance but Friday night Philadelphia police say mark give arouse key made it happen EMTs and medic 49 first met him at the Roosevelt in off the boulevard while responding to a possible assault while treating giver aus key police say he jumped off the stretcher and into the unlocked and running ambulance police say they shot him three times as he reversed and hit two officers in uniform for almost 90 minutes giver outski leads police on a tour of Frankfurt and Cottman avenues and side streets around the boulevard it was kids out there he nearly struck a couple of a couple of kids in a few blocks he was going through Joelle Hilton became more than a witness Friday night I didn't even know he was stolen therefore as I'm just thinking that the paramedics is this hit me and ran Hilton is driving the tow truck pulling ahead of the stolen ambulance my grandmother was a cop down in the 1st district I wouldn't want that to happen to my grandmother for four minutes he tries to get in front of giver outski his persistence pays he flattens a front tire before spinning out finally got the right tired and he still was going he was down like 15 miles an hour try to take this part again to slam it straight into the set of radiator just to let it overheat for another 20 minutes police say give around ski drives on a flat front tire then a police spike strip finishes the job the ambulance comes to a stop on Tolbert street were Highway Patrol officers taze and pull give her aus key from the driver's seat Joelle Hilton told us he would step in to help again feel personal it kind of personal because a lot of those guys I've been a second to 15th well the 35th 14th no all over the city we work alongside of the police officer you

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Length: 1min 50sec (110 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 05 2020