State Police from the Lehighton barracks stopped a man driving a stolen ambulance near the turnpike entrance in Franklin Township Tuesday night.

The Bushkill Falls Ambulance was taken from Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono in East Stroudsburg.

State police spotted the ambulance on Route 209 at 5:30 p.m.

The driver was taken into custody and turned over to Stroud Regional Police Department, where he will be charged with theft of a motor vehicle. Police did not name the suspect.

Bushkill Ambulance retrieved the stolen vehicle.