Two paramedics had been shaken up Monday morning after an attacker smashed the home windows of their ambulance with a wood tree stake, after which commandeered the car and tried to run them over, authorities stated.
The uniformed paramedics had been within the hearth division ambulance within the 1700 block of Harrison Avenue within the metropolis’s Mission District about 7 a.m. once they had been attacked, in keeping with police and the firefighters union.
The suspect shattered the ambulance home windows with a wood stake, prompting the medics to get out for their very own security, stated Danny Gracia, president of San Francisco Firefighters Native 798.
The attacker then jumped inside and drove the car, apparently attempting to run down the medics, Gracia stated.
“That is one other ambulance out of service and two personnel who’re rightfully, shaken up,” the union stated in a put up on social media, accompanied by photographs of the harm. “This conduct in our metropolis shouldn’t be acceptable.”
Gracia stated the medics weren’t injured within the assault.
Police stated the assailant drove into the Greatest Purchase car parking zone, the place he did some laps within the ambulance earlier than getting out and climbing a fence to get away.
Police are investigating however no arrests have been made.
The firefighters union corridor within the Mission was damaged into and ransacked final week, the union stated in a Twitter put up Monday morning aimed toward Mayor London Breed and San Francisco District Legal professional Brooke Jenkins.
After the break-in, police “responded and caught the burglar however not earlier than he did 1000’s of {dollars} of injury. We’ve all been affected person sufficient. It is time for some modifications,” the union stated.
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