12/18/24 Memphis, TN – Ambulance Stolen From Hospital And Crashed Into Memphis Police Car – Arrested – No Injuries

December 18, 2024

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A stolen ambulance and a Memphis Police cruiser were involved in a crash in South Memphis.

The crash happened on Third Street and E.H. Crump Boulevard on Wednesday at 4:43 a.m., according to police.

Reco Dickson, 31, is accused of stealing an ambulance from Methodist South Hospital at 4:24 a.m.

An emergency medical technician called the police after she saw that the ambulance truck was gone from the dock.

The police report states the EMT was helping another patient into a wheelchair off a stretcher.

According to the police report, dispatch tracked the GPS tracker in the ambulance.

Officers found the vehicle via the vehicle GPS at Elvis Presley Boulevard.

When officers initiated a traffic stop, Dickson refused to stop, said police.

Officers deployed stop sticks and the ambulance eventually crashed into a police cruiser, said police.

Police said the suspect physically resisted the officers as he was being placed into custody.

Dickson’s driver’s license came back suspended due to failure to pay a citation for no driver’s license in 2013, said police.

He is charged with theft of property $60,000-$250,000, evading arrest with vehicle pursuit, failure to exercise due care, driving while license suspended/canceled/revoked, and resisting official detention.