Can you help police trace culprit after ambulance damaged in Telford? - WATCH
Police have launched an appeal after man damaged an ambulance as paramedics treated a patient.
A man broke a wing mirror of the Ambulance and threw mud up the side of the vehicle while it was in Wildwood, in the Woodside area of Telford.
Now footage has been released as West Midlands Ambulance Service help police trace the culprit.
Ambulance bosses are appealing for help to identify a man who vandalised an ambulance while paramedics were treating a patient. It happened in the Woodside area of Telford early yesterday morning. pic.twitter.com/9AHBsVE1Of
— BBC Shropshire (@BBCShropshire) May 1, 2018
Ambulance bosses are appealing for help to identify a man who vandalised an ambulance while paramedics were treating a patient. It happened in the Woodside area of Telford early yesterday morning. pic.twitter.com/9AHBsVE1Of
— BBC Shropshire (@BBCShropshire) May 1, 2018Footage from West Midlands Ambulance Service
The vehicle is now off the road and a renewed appeal has been made to catch the man responsible.
After the attack, Joy Hughes, who was on shift, took to social media to express her disgusted at the incident.
She said: "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."
A number of ambulance crews and paramedics do come under attack from patients they are treating on the job, however this incident is a different one to that.
The footage released is not of the best quality, but it shows a man being led away from the vehicle after throwing mud and trying to smash the wing mirror off.
On Monday, 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.
“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
