AUSTIN, TX — Someone hijacked an ambulance on Christmas Day, taking it on something of a joy ride while a patient and two medics were in the inside.

The incident occurred at around 4 p.m. while the ambulance was downtown at 500 E. 7th St. The ambulance hijacker got in the driver's seat of the emergency vehicle and drove off while a pair of medics were treating a patient, CBS Austin reported.

The Austin-Travis County EMS medics provided police about their location while the ambulance was driven off. Eventually, the uninvited driver parked the vehicle and took off running while medics dispatched a backup ambulance to transport the patient.