WATCH: Thief breaks into West Midlands ambulance
A West Midlands ambulance has been broken into while crews treated a patient.
A man smashed the driver's side window to get in before stealing personal belongings, including an iPhone.
West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) paramedics were treating a patient inside a house nearby at the time of the incident on Sunday at around 9pm.
The incident in Frankley Beeches Road at the junction of Egghill Lane in Northfield, Birmingham, was captured by the ambulance's external cameras.
The Trust has released the footage in the hope it will help to identify the individual.
Nathan Hudson, the Trust’s Emergency Services Operations Delivery Director, said: “I cannot begin to understand why someone would do this to an emergency blue lighted vehicle which has the sole responsibility of helping people.
"It really does make you question the morals of some people.
"This despicable crime has meant an ambulance is off the road and unable to respond to 999 calls whilst it’s being repaired; money which would’ve been better spent elsewhere in the service to help respond to patients.
“It is unacceptable that ambulance staff, who are there to help people in their hour of need, are made to suffer by members of the public. Any type of attack against our staff and our vehicles will not be tolerated.
"I am just thankful that, on this occasion, my staff weren’t hurt. If you are able to help to solve this crime, please come forward.”
Anyone with information about this incident, witnessed anything suspicious at the time or recognise this individual, please contact West Midlands Police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 quoting crime number 20BW-249810Q/18.
