Crime & Safety

Drunken Elmhurst Hospital Patient Climbs into Security Car: Police

Police believe he may have mistaken the security car for a taxi.

An Elmhurst Hospital patient who was admitted for intoxication hadn’t quite sobered up before he was released Sept. 9.

Elmhurst police report the man opened the back passenger side door of a security car and started to climb inside around 10:43 p.m.

Police believe he may have mistaken the security car for a taxi. They graciously placed him into an actual cab and sent him on his way.

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