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Man Steals Ambulance In Near North Neighborhood Before Switching Vehicles, Taking Ambulance Property

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police are investigating after a man stole an ambulance in Chicago's Near North neighborhood Saturday, Chicago police said.

The man got into the unoccupied private ambulance in the 0 to 100 block of West Oak Street and drove east past Michigan Avenue.

He then got out of the ambulance in the 200 block of East Lake Shore Drive and took a 47-year-old man's vehicle. He took equipment from the private ambulance into the new stolen vehicle and fled the scene.

Area Three detectives are investigating.

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