Man stole ambulance from Duke emergency room

Durham, N.C. — Police charged a man who is accused of stealing an ambulance from a Duke University Hospital emergency room early Friday morning.

Authorities said the man, who was not identified, stole the Granville County ambulance from the Duke ER around 4:30 a.m. He was found about half an hour later at the intersection of Winston Road and Frasier Street in Durham.

Police charged him with larceny of an emergency vehicle.