A police chase across New York state ended when a stolen ambulance was driven into a bay on Lake Ontario, authorities say.
A police chase across New York state ended Sunday when a stolen ambulance was driven into a bay on Lake Ontario, authorities said.State police said in a statement that officers tried to stop the driver on an interstate in central New York shortly before 11 a.m. but that the driver refused to comply.
Police at the scene where they say a a stolen ambulance was driven into Lake Irondequoit near Rochester, N.Y., after a chase.Authorities tried to stop the driver again on a different interstate, but the person continued driving, and authorities ended the pursuit.The station reported that two attempts to use spike strips failed.
Authorities later found the ambulance after it had been driven into Irondequoit Bay, near Rochester. The pursuit began in Utica, about two hours east."In my 15 years, I've never heard of anything quite of this nature," Utica police Sgt. Michael Curley told WSTM.
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