On Wednesday, a Florida patient who was “released” and waiting near the exit in a hospital gown fled into an ambulance as rescuers dropped off a patient at the hospital, according to reports.
On Wednesday, 25-year-old Marquisa Allen apparently spontaneously decided to leave the Sainte Lucie hospital where she was staying, briefly taking the wheel of an ambulance unattended while medical personnel dropped off another patient, the reported “New York Post”. Thursday.
Dressed in a hospital gown and stockings of the same color – without shoes – the woman is said to have led officers from the Port Saint Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) on a chase, unaware that they were able to follow her thanks to a GPS installed in the vehicle, police would have stated in a press release
The young woman was reportedly stopped in traffic on a toll highway in Florida before unsuccessfully attempting to escape on foot.
Although police were unable to confirm the reasons for her hospitalization, they said they pointed out that there was no behavioral unit at the medical center and explained that at the time the patient allegedly committed the crime, “was free to leave the hospital.” according to American media.
She is initially accused of driving with a revoked license, giving false information to the police and resisting arrest without violence, but there could be more charges, the PSLPD said, according to the New York Post.