The Saskatoon Police Service says someone tried to steal an ambulance last night and injured a paramedic in the process.

Shortly before 9:30 p.m. police responded to a call from the 1100 block of 22nd Street West after someone tried to steal an ambulance.

Paramedics with Medavie Health Services West reported that they had been attending to the patient beside the ambulance when a man, not connected to the situation they were dealing with, got in the ambulance and began to drive away. In the process the ambulance was driven over a paramedic’s foot.

Saskatoon Police say the suspect was quickly stopped by bystanders and removed from the ambulance before being arrested by police a short distance away. A 45-year-old man has been charged with theft of a motor vehicle and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm.