Two sought for stealing Tallaght ambulance

Gardaí are searching for two youths who stole an ambulance in west Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

Gardaí are searching for two youths who stole an ambulance in west Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

The ambulance crew was tending to a patient in the Killtalawn road in Tallaght when the two teenagers jumped into their vehicle and drove off.

They escaped, despite the efforts of a neighbour to stop them, but the ambulance was found abandoned a short time later. There was no damage reported.

The patient was tended to in his home.

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