File photo by Patricia O'Blenes

A Novi man, in need of a new vehicle following a car crash on Oct. 25, decided to take the ambulance on the scene for a spin, resulting in a fiery crash a few miles later, according to Novi police.

“This is unbelievable,” said Cmdr. Robert Manar, of the Novi Police Department.

According to Manar, shortly after 3 p.m., Novi police officers and Medstar ambulance services were on the scene of a two-vehicle rollover collision at 10 Mile and Novi roads. An emergency medical technician was in the back of the ambulance treating one of the drivers involved in the crash for minor injuries when the driver of the other vehicle suddenly hopped in the driver’s seat of the ambulance and took off, Manar said.

The 33-year-old suspect allegedly drove the ambulance south

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