Man who faked chest pains for lift to shopping centre among hoax 999 calls

A man who called 999 with fake chest pains because he wanted a lift to a shopping centre was among a number of non-emergency and hoax calls received by an ambulance service during one 24-hour period.

Man who faked chest pains for lift to shopping centre among hoax 999 calls

A man who called 999 with fake chest pains because he wanted a lift to a shopping centre was among a number of non-emergency and hoax calls received by an ambulance service during one 24-hour period.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) staged a 24-hour tweetathon to highlight the importance of using the service appropriately.

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