Highway bandits rob emergency ambulance

HIGHWAY THIEVES stopped and robbed a 911 Emergency Service ambulance carrying an injured  patient to hospital  shortly after midnight, on Monday June 13.

The patient had been hurt in a traffic accident

The ambulance carrying three Emergency medical technicians staff, was taking the patient, and a companion to the San Miguel Arcangel Hospital in San Miguelito.

On the Panama-Colon highway as the ambulance passed the Chilibre ibtersection, the driver heard sn explosion and stopped to investigate and was jumped by two men armed with a gun and a knife.

The thieves boarded the ambulance and stole cell phones and personal possessions.

The Public Ministry is investigating the incident

The complaint was filed with the Public Ministry.