"DESPICABLE" yobs smashed an ambulance window as it was responding to a 999 call on the Collector Road.
It was revealed today that the vehicle had been targeted as it travelled down the dual carriageway last night (Thursday).
The paramedics, who were unhurt, had been on blue lights, travelling to attend to a patient who was experiencing breathing difficulties.
A second ambulance was immediately dispatched to the patient following the incident, which happened at just before 9pm.
The vehicle has been taken out of service and remains off the road, with repairs expected to cost several hundred pounds.
Nathan Hudson, from West Midlands Ambulance Service, said: "It is incredibly frustrating to once again find ourselves questioning why on earth somebody would want to do this to an ambulance.
"Not only that, but given it was using blue lights at the time, whoever did this could clearly see it was responding to an emergency, what if it had been on the way to one of their family members or rushing a loved one to hospital?
"We’re now faced with a vehicle being out of service, a repair bill and not forgetting the horrible nature of this incident for the staff involved. I am extremely thankful no-one was hurt."
The service will be handing CCTV from the vehicle to the police in the hope they can identify the people who carried out the attack.
Anyone with information should call officers on 101.
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