A man has been charged with kidnap after allegedly stealing an ambulance from outside a hospital in Stoke-on-Trent while a patient was still inside.
Staffordshire Police said they were called to reports of a man taking the emergency vehicle from Royal Stoke University Hospital at around 8.15pm on Wednesday.
Three people, including a patient and a paramedic, were in the back of the ambulance at the time, but none were injured in the incident.
Marshall Leese, 31, of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, has been charged with kidnap, theft of a motor vehicle, and failing to provide a specimen for analysis. He has also been charged with dangerous driving, driving without a licence, and driving without insurance.
Leese is due to appear at the North Staffordshire Justice Centre on Friday.
