OAKLAND — A handcuffed female robbery suspect escaped from an Oakland police car at Highland Hospital on Friday afternoon and was being sought, authorities said.
The woman’s name was not released but authorities said she was in her 30s.
The escape happened about 2 p.m. Friday in a parking area at the hospital at 1411 E. 31st St. and officers were still searching streets around the hospital for her more than an hour later.
No details about how the woman was able to get out of the car were immediately available.
Details about the robbery she was arrested for or why she was at the hospital also were not immediately available.
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