Summary:
A man high on PCP was arrested after he drove away in an ambulance called to transport him to the hospital in Washington, DC.

Full article:
By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 21:00 EST, 28 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:34 EST, 28 July 2013 . A patient on PCP being taken to the hospital in Washington, DC Saturday morning, drove away in an ambulance called to transport him. 31-year-old Darren Ethedge was on the drug PCP when he was being transported to a local hospital around 9:30am Saturday morning. Escape: A man high on PCP en route to the hospital, briefly drove off with the ambulance that was transporting him . When the ambulance got in a minor crash on the way to the hospital, a second ambulance was called to replace it. While EMTs were preparing to transfer Ethedge to the second ambulance, they noticed he was missing when the second ambulance started to move with Ethedge behind the wheel. Captured: The patient only got seven blocks before being pulled over by police . Ethedge only got seven blocks before police ordered him out of the vehicle and arrested him. He now faces auto theft charges.