{"id":364977,"date":"2026-06-18T00:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364977\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T00:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T00:26:09","slug":"suspected-stolen-ambulance-pursuit-from-tulare-county-ends-in-bakersfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/364977\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected stolen ambulance pursuit from Tulare County ends in Bakersfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 A pursuit of a suspected stolen ambulance from Tulare County ended in Bakersfield Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

According to a spokesperson with LifeStar Ambulance, it happened Wednesday afternoon at around 3 p.m. from Adventist Health Hospital in Tulare.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said paramedics had just dropped off a patient and a paramedic was in the back of the ambulance cleaning up and finishing paperwork in the parking lot.<\/p>\n

They said that a person went into the driver’s seat and took the vehicle.<\/p>\n

According to the spokesperson, the paramedic jumped out of the back and was helped out by two other paramedics. The paramedics were not hurt.<\/p>\n

They said that an incident like this has never happened in the company\u2019s 31-year history in Tulare.<\/p>\n

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A pursuit of a suspected stolen ambulance from Tulare County ended in Bakersfield Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

The LifeStar ambulance crashed on the center median of Rosedale Highway, off of Highway 99. <\/p>\n

Images from the scene show a tree that was snapped off the ground near the wrecked vehicle.<\/p>\n

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A pursuit of a suspected stolen ambulance from Tulare County ended in Bakersfield Wednesday afternoon. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

CHP patrol vehicles were on scene in the area.<\/p>\n

Eyewitness News has reached out to the CHP Bakersfield for additional information.<\/p>\n

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