A 30-year-old West Side woman was driving under the influence Sunday night when, according to police, she got behind the wheel of a Chicago Fire Department ambulance that was parked outside a South Side hospital, and took it for a ride, crashing it into some parked cars about a mile away.
Arrested was Cassie Weathersby, of the 1600 block of North Mango Ave., who was being held after bond was set at $25,000 Monday.
The ambulance was stolen from the emergency room parking area at Saint Bernard Hospital, in the 300 block of West 64th Street, about 10:45 p.m. Sunday, police and fire officials said.
Granted, there's a lot of equipment that needs to keep running in the b'ambulance, but shouldn't there have a switch like the troopers have so if they leave the thing running, this sort of incident doesn't happen? Might be a sound investment seeing as how this rig is now down for the count.