Man steals fire truck to go home for holidays

[NWFDMedic 58]

On the AP wire...

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD...EMPLATE=DEFAULT

SOUTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) -- What kind of mileage does that thing get? Police in South Salt Lake, Utah, have arrested a man they say tried to steal a fire truck so he could drive home - to Washington - for Christmas.

Detective Gary Keller says firefighters on a medical call heard the $500,000 truck's air horn blaring Monday and ran outside. They found a man in the driver's seat trying to drive away.

After a lengthy struggle, firefighters were finally able to subdue the man until police arrived.

Police say the 25-year-old man told them he wanted to go to Washington to see his mother for Christmas.

I would imagine the foot pedal for the air horn wasn't something the man counted on.

[dillondotcom 16]

LOL you know he hit that foot pedal horn and was like holy....!

[joetnymedic 43]

bet he got a ride alright-lol

[helicopper 1,050]

It is a form of public transportation isn't it? At least he was trying to go home to his mom and not his drug dealer!!!

[Mofire24 27]

Chris

He might have already seen his drug dealer for the holidays

[Fex404 0]

It is a form of public transportation isn't it? At least he was trying to go home to his mom and not his drug dealer!!!

Maybe his mom is his drug dealer....

[Just a guy 493]

didn't we have a couple of local occurences of this ? I actually remember a certain now retired captain who had his unmarked car stolen during a traffic stop... The perp drove about a block before realizing his mistake and tried to run but was caught and given a ride in a marked car to the Hudson Hilton !!!!!

[SRS131EMTFF 471]

Thats one way to avoid detection, stomp on the air horn, they will never hear it. Sounds like the air horn is now good for both moving traffic and as a auto security device.