ROSEBURG, OR. (THECOUNT) — Oregon woman, Christy Lynn Woods, was charged with stealing an ambulance last Sunday while paramedics performed CPR on an unconscious woman, according to a report.
Woods, 37, of Roseburg, asked officers following her 39th arrest, “Why did they leave it unlocked?.”
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According to court documents, Woods drove the ambulance through downtown Roseburg, then proceeded north on Interstate 5, leading police on a high-speed chase for nearly 30 miles – reaching a speed of 85 mph, the newspaper reported.
At one point, Woods struck a police vehicle that was traveling ahead of her in order to divert traffic, the report said.
The impact totaled the police vehicle and left Oregon State Police Sgt. Ken Terry with some minor injuries, the News-Review of Roseburg reported.
Later, Woods drove the ambulance over a strip of spikes set up by police near Rice Valley, and eventually exited the ambulance at a gas station, where she was arrested, the newspaper reported.
Roseburg is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located in the Umpqua River Valley in southern Oregon and is the county seat and most populous city of Douglas County, according to Wikipedia.
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