Detroit Lakes, Minn. (KDLM) – Authorities say a male patient at a Bemidji hospital stole a vehicle in the parking lot on Thursday morning and was injured when the vehicle crashed following a police pursuit.
On Sept. 28 at around 10:00 a.m., Bemidji police were notified that a “Smart” car was stolen from outside the hospital’s emergency room.
Police located the car about a mile away and tried to initiate a traffic stop, but the car fled on Highway 2 at high speed.
Mechanical tire deflation devices were deployed and successful, but the vehicle continued…until it collided some median barrier cables, which caused a rollover crash.
Police say the driver, a 55-year-old man from Deer River, Minn., suffered non-life threatening injuries during the crash and was transported back to the hospital.
