'Disgusting': Thug attacks Telford ambulance while crew treats patient inside
An ambulance had to be taken off the road after it was vandalised in Telford as the crew treated a patient inside.
The attacker broken a wing mirror on the ambulance and threw mud up the side of the vehicle.
The incident happened in Wildwood, Woodside, at about 1.20am today.
Clinical Team Mentor Joy Hughes tweeted: “Working with Zoe tonight, trainee technician. Rather surprised when treating a patient in the back of the ambulance a random stranger began to attack the vehicle! Police requested, we got away safely but damage means that vehicle now off road. All people okay, thank goodness.”
Operations Manager, Edd Davis, who went to support the crew, also tweeted about the incident: "A disgusting act of vandalism caused by a male in Telford tonight, breaking a wing mirror and throwing mud up the side of the vehicle.
"Now vehicle is off road and can’t help anyone."
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman said: “How can it possibly be appropriate for anyone who has nothing to do with the case the ambulance crew are dealing with to suddenly start attacking the vehicle?
“Sadly, many of our crews are familiar with this sort of behaviour, but when you are a patient, this must have been terrifying.
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“Any such actions are abhorrent. We will be pulling the CCTV from the vehicle and passing it to the police but we would ask for anyone who has any information about this despicable incident to contact West Mercia Police on 101 and quoting incident 16s.”
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or at crimestoppers-uk.org
