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.
