CHEROKEE Co., S.C. -- Cherokee County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of an ambulance theft around 8:05 a.m. Friday at Mary Black Gaffney hospital.
According to CBS affiliate WSPA, Chelsea Wylie,30, walked to ambulance headquarters and asked a man sitting in an ambulance for a ride.
The driver told her he couldn't give her a ride but offered to help her find one.
After the driver went inside to ask for help, Wylie jumped into the running ambulance and sped off, hitting part of a deck and damaging the ambulance.
Staff was able to track the ambulance location by GPS. They provided Wylie's location to authorities before Wylie allegedly threw the GPS out of the window.
Deputies caught up to Wylie on Interstate 85 near the North Carolina state line, but she didn't stop.
Wylie continued driving into North Carolina where she took Exit 2 and then got on I-85 South leading deputies back into South Carolina where she finally stopped at an off-ramp and was arrested.
Wylie has been charged with grand larceny and two counts each of malicious damage to property. Her bond was set at $17,125 for the charges.
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