Wisconsin stolen ambulance chase, competency exam ordered for driver

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Pursuit of stolen ambulance ends with man in custody (Courtesy: Wisconsin Rapids Police Department)

WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. - A Wisconsin judge on Friday ordered the man accused of stealing an ambulance with a patient inside and leading police on a chase to undergo a mental competency evaluation.

In court:

Court records show 37-year-old Benjamin Feltz of Stevens Point is charged with four felonies and six misdemeanors, including operating while intoxicated. He's being held on $100,000 cash bond.

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Stolen ambulance police chase

The backstory:

Prosecutors said Feltz stole a Wisconsin Rapids Fire Department ambulance on Tuesday while a patient was inside. He then led police on an 18-mile chase that ended in a field. Feltz, who was naked, was then arrested.

The Wisconsin Rapids Police Department said the ambulance was parked as fire department personnel were providing medical care to a patient at a nearby home. Two paramedics were with a patient in the back of the ambulance when a man, now identified as Feltz, jumped into the driver's seat.

While the paramedics tried to stop Feltz, he fled the scene in the ambulance with the patient still inside. It led to a police chase that lasted roughly 40 minutes and stretched 18 miles, ending in Pittsville after an officer used a tire-deflation device.

Neither Feltz nor the patient in the ambulance were injured, according to police. Minor damage to the ambulance was reported. 

Wisconsin police chase of stolen ambulance with patient inside

Dash camera video: A suspect hijacked an ambulance while paramedics were treating a patient, fleeing the scene with the patient still inside the vehicle.

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Body camera video: Wisconsin Rapids police arrested a man they say stolen an ambulance and led them on an 18-mile police chase.