9/11/25 Madison County, IL – A Patient Stole A Medstar Ambulance From The Gateway Regional Medical Center In Granite City Madison County Sheriff’s Identified The Stolen Ambulance And Gave Chase – The Man In the Stolen Ambulance Tried To Avoid Spike Strips And Lost Control – Ambulance Totaled – Arrested

September 11, 2025

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MADISON COUNTY, Ill. (First Alert 4) – A stolen ambulance crashed in Madison County on Thursday morning.

Madison County Sheriff Jeff Connor told First Alert 4 that a patient stole an ambulance after being transported in it to Gateway Regional Medical Center in Granite City. Granite City officers then put out a call regarding the ambulance theft.

A Madison County deputy spotted the stolen ambulance and started pursuing it, with other agencies joining in. When the ambulance went over a hill on northbound Route 111, a South Roxana unit deployed stop strips. When the ambulance attempted to go around the strips, it lost control and crashed near Wagon Wheel.

The patient is now considered a suspect and was taken to the Granite City hospital for treatment.