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A 50-year-old Longview woman is accused of taking a joyride in an ambulance Friday.

According to Longview police, Charlene Pratt drove off with an AMR ambulance around 8:40 p.m. while personnel were inside St. John Medical Center with a patient.

Police said the ambulance was tracked by GPS and found abandoned behind an apartment in the 900 block of 16th Avenue, just north of the hospital. According to AMR, the ambulance was found just 10 minutes after being taken with only minor damage to the lightbar, which struck the overhang at an apartment where Pratt is said to have parked the ambulance.

AMR regional director Rocco Roncarati said there were no signs that Pratt used the sirens or drove at excessive speed with the ambulance.

Witnesses told police that Pratt had arrived at an apartment with a Domino’s pizza box labeled with the name of an AMR employee. She reportedly told witnesses she was going to get a ticket for joy riding and that she’d snagged the ambulance.