ST. LOUIS • A paramedic with the St. Louis Fire Department reported his car broken into and possessions stolen Thursday night — only to find them minutes later as he helped a man who had been hit by car.

Firefighters at a station in the Central West End had noticed the lights were on in a car in the parking lot, fire Capt. Gregg Favre said.

After investigating, they found the car had been broken into.

The paramedic who owned the car filed a report with police about the break-in and the theft of possessions that has been inside.

Fifteen minutes later, the paramedic was among the first responders to a call about a pedestrian struck by a car in the 5500 block of Page Avenue in north St. Louis.

At that scene, the paramedic saw something that looked familiar — his gym bag and other personal possessions — lying next to the man who had been hit.

The paramedic eventually filed a second report with police — but only after he provided medical treatment to the man, whose condition was stable after the incident, Favre said.

“He made sure this was not a life-threatening situation first,” Favre said. “He put his duty as a paramedic before anything else.”

Police on Friday night did not have any details about whether charges were filed in the car break-in or about the accident in which the man was struck.

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