UPDATE: Reaction to theft of ambulance from Scunthorpe General Hospital

The East Midlands Ambulance service has commented on the theft of one of his vehicles from Scunthorpe General Hospital yesterday.

A spokesperson for EMAS said: “Although the vehicles isn’t used for accident and emergency work, it still performs a vital role in providing transport for people who have to attend hospital for medical treatment.

"Luckily, thefts like this are very rare but the incident has caused a lot of inconvenience for us and we will have to take the vehicle off the road to have repairs carried out.

"We are pleased that the police arrested a man on suspicion of committing the crime.”

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Police were called out shortly before noon yesterday (Tuesday Jan 29).

The vehicle, which did not contain any medication, was later recovered from Coventry Close.

It had struck a fence on Salisbury Close.

The hospital declined to comment.

Police later said a 22 year-old man had been arrested.