A naked Wisconsin man who said he drank half a bottle of chemical cleaner allegedly stole an ambulance transporting a seriously ill patient and led police on a high-speed chase in a wild scene.
Benjamin L. Feltz snuck into the Wisconsin Rapids ambulance while the two paramedics were loading a patient into the back of the vehicle Tuesday, according to arrest records.
The medical workers heard a door close as they tended to their patient and saw a naked man in the driver’s seat.
They shouted, “What are you doing?” and yelled for him to get out of the ambulance.
One paramedic ran to the cab in an attempt to remove the naked man from the vehicle but Feltz, 37, allegedly took off.
When the ambulance began driving, the other paramedic jumped out of the vehicle and left the patient inside, the arrest records stated.
A police officer spotted the hijacked ambulance and tried to get it to pull over, but Feltz allegedly kept driving and the high-speed chase broke out.
Feltz allegedly led police on an over 40-minute, 18-mile-long chase, reaching speeds of over 90 miles per hour as the ailing passenger in the back feared for her life.
“I’m dying from kidney disease,” she reportedly screamed.
The ambulance had its sirens blazing as it shot through a dirt road at the Cranberry Creek Landfill, until it reached Wisconsin’s Highway 73, swerving on the busy highway with utter disregard for human life.
After an officer successfully fired a tire deflation device, Feltz took an “aggressive maneuver” in the Wisconsin town of Pittsfield, the arrest documents stated.
He allegedly off-roaded the ambulance into a muddy cornfield, where he eventually became stuck and was arrested.
Police bodycam footage shows Feltz exiting the ambulance completely naked as officers have their guns drawn.
Feltz appeared intoxicated, slurring his words, and confessed to drinking half a bottle of Fabuloso chemical cleaner and claimed he had some “pot” in his system, according to the arrest records.
He had two prior Operating While Intoxicated convictions and did not have a driver’s license, per the arrest records.
He is charged with four felonies and six misdemeanors, including 1st degree reckless endangering safety and is being held on a $100,000 bond, Fox 6 reported.