Two people, including a youth, have been arrested after allegedly blocking an ambulance responding to an emergency.
Saint John police said the incident happened on Route 1 westbound near the Rothesay Avenue exit around 4:45 a.m. Sunday.
According to investigators, the ambulance was being blocked by two vehicles preventing it from passing on the highway.
“Officers responded to the area and located the two suspect vehicles in a parking lot in the Crown Street area,” police said in a news release on Monday.
“One of the vehicles was parked unoccupied and the other attempted to flee colliding with a police vehicle.”
Police said it was later determined that both vehicles were reported to have been stolen. No injuries were reported.
A 15-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were arrested for dangerous operation of motor vehicles.
Both were remanded into custody and are scheduled to appear in court on Monday on a number of additional charges.
Anyone with information or video footage of the incident is asked to contact the Saint John Police Force at 506-648-3333 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
