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Ambulance Stolen From Stroger Hospital Found In Lyons

LYONS, Ill. (STMW) -- A private ambulance was stolen from John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County Sunday night, and later recovered in west suburban Lyons.

About 8:45 p.m., a suspect got into the ambulance as emergency personnel was unloading a patient and taking them into the hospital, located at 1969 W. Ogden Ave., police said.

The driver took off in a unknown direction, police said.

Later Sunday evening, officers on patrol in Lyons located the ambulance near a Burger King restaurant at Ogden and 1st avenues, according to Lyons police, who declined to provide further information early Monday.

It was not immediately known whether anyone is in custody.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2014. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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