Ambulance carjacked; Novi man facing multiple charges

A Novi man is dealing with a number of prices after he allegedly carjacked an ambulance, ran a pink mild and crashed into one other car, fled on foot and resisted police.

Changlin Li, 33, is being held within the Oakland County Jail on a $5 million bond.

Li was concerned in a rollover accident with one other car at 10 Mile and Novi roads on Friday, October 24 round 3:15 p.m. A paramedic and a affected person had been at the back of a Medstar ambulance when Li drove into it and headed south on Novi Highway with emergency lights flashing, stated Commander Bob Manar of the Novi Police Division.

Officers pursued the ambulance because it traveled two miles on Novi Highway to Eight Mile Highway, the place it headed west.

The ambulance ran a pink mild at Beck Highway and struck a car touring south on Beck.

The ambulance caught hearth; Li tried to flee on foot, however officers instantly apprehended him.

Li, the paramedic and affected person within the ambulance and the driving force of the second car within the Eight Mile-Beck crash had been hospitalized with non-life-threatening accidents.

Manar stated Li tried to take firearms from an officer on the scene of the second crash and on the hospital.

He had a knife in his possession on the time of his arrest, Manar stated.

He’s charged with second-degree fleeing and eluding, two counts of resisting/obstructing a police officer, two counts of disarming a peace officer, carrying a hid weapon and carjacking. They’re all crimes.

Manar stated police have no idea what prompted Manar to steal the ambulance and flee.

In keeping with him, there aren’t any indications that alcohol or medication had been concerned.

Manar didn’t know whether or not Li has a prison background or historical past of psychological sickness.