The video above shows two views as a 13-year-old austistic boy took the wheel of an ambulance in Coventry Rhode Island last (Thursday) night. The first view is the security camera at Central Coventry Fire Station #7 and the second view (at 1:40 into the video) is from the motorcycle that crashed into the side of the ambulance. Just before the motorcycle and ambulance collide, you see Firefighter Scott Brown Jr. being thrown from the ambulance onto the road. There were three injuries. The boy had been taken to the firehouse for evaluation after being found wandering on a roadway.

Tony Gugliotta, WJAR-TV:

Fire and police officials in Coventry are praising the work of 24-year-old firefighter Scott Brown, Jr. after he selflessly jumped onto a moving ambulance being driven by a 13-year-old boy who has autism to try to stop it before it crossed busy Route 117. He ran around the vehicle, tried to get into the vehicle by going through the window, tried to reach in and try to stop the vehicle but by that time, the vehicle was in gear and the accelerator was put to the floor,” Central Coventry Fire District Chief Frank Brown said of the firefighter’s actions. The ambulance crashed into a parked police cruiser, as well as a motorcycle rider, before rolling into a ditch Thursday night. The next day, authorities released video recorded by the motorcyclist’s camera that offers a point of view shot of the head-on collision. They also released video that shows the ambulance being driving off the road.

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Here is the press release from the Coventry Police Department: