WHITTIER, Calif. (KABC) -- A man was taken into custody after stealing an ambulance and crashing it into a fire hydrant in Santa Fe Springs early Wednesday morning.
Authorities received a call about the crash at Telegraph Road and Heritage Park Drive at about 2:30 a.m. The ambulance had hit a pole, a tree and then the fire hydrant.
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It took the fire department about 30 minutes to turn off the water.
When officers arrived, no one was in the ambulance, but the suspect was located a short time later walking nearby on Clark Street.
Police say the suspect is a former employee of the ambulance company.
He was taken to a local hospital to be treated for injuries received in the crash.
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Police responded to the scene of an ambulance crash in Santa Fe Springs Wednesday, June 3, 2015.