Woman indicted for allegedly stealing Kanawha County ambulance, leading police on chase

KANAWHA COUNTY, WV (WOWK) — A woman accused of stealing a Kanawha County ambulance and leading law enforcement on a cross-county pursuit has been indicted, according to the Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.

Documents show that Amanda Holstein, 35, was indicted on grand larceny, fleeing with reckless indifference to the safety of others, and fleeing while DUI charges.

Holstein is accused of stealing an ambulance from medics who were inside of a home in Dunbar, according to the Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office.

She then allegedly fled up I-77 and got off the interstate in the Tupper’s Creek area and through Sissonville before being stopped by police on Ogden Hill Road, a dead end. The pursuit lasted roughly 20 minutes.

She is due back in court on Dec. 6 at 10 a.m.

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