MELROSE, MASS. (WHDH) - Police in Melrose are searching for an Armstrong Ambulance non-emergency transport wheelchair van that was stolen from Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Thursday morning.

The 2016 Ford transit van with license plate number 2744 went missing outside of the emergency department sometime between 6:30 and 6:40 a.m., police said.

It had arrived to pick up a patient being discharged.

Armstrong Ambulance officials confirmed that no patients, medications or medical equipment were on-board.

Anyone with information on the van’s whereabouts is asked to call Melrose police at 781-665-1212.

This is a developing story; stay with 7NEWS on-air and online for the latest updates.

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