(Photo : Cabell County EMS)
Anthony Ray Bell, 37, has been charged with felony stolen auto and several misdemeanor offenses, according to police in Huntington, West Virginia.

A West Virginia man is accused of stealing an ambulance while paramedics responded to the halfway house where he was staying. 

Anthony Ray Bell, 37, has been charged with felony stolen auto and several misdemeanor offenses, according to police in Huntington, West Virginia. 

Bell allegedly hopped into the unoccupied ambulance while first responders were addressing a medical emergency at a recovery home.

Dash cam footage captured the dramatic two minute drive, during which Bell was visibly sweaty and breathing heavily behind the wheel. He subsequently ditched the vehicle in a nearby neighborhood, but not before throwing it in reverse.

"What's very frustrating is we go to a facility which is treating people who have addiction problems and you're helping one of their fellow companions, and one of the other ones takes the ambulance and leaves," Steve Murray with the Cabell County EMS said, according to WSAZ-TV.

Bell was captured Tuesday. He's being held on $25,000 bond.