LAKEWOOD, Wash. — The state’s largest psychiatric hospital is reviewing its security protocols after a patient stole a delivery truck and escaped.
The Western State Hospital patient was able to take the truck Sunday while two employees were unloading it, a spokesman from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services said.
The patient sped through a large gate but did not get far.
A Western State staff member was hurt after falling off the delivery truck and was taken to the hospital.
The man went to Steilacoom High School nearby. Hospital staff found the patient inside a library before officers arrived. The man was returned to the hospital.