On October 30, 1988, Michael Myers, who has been in a comatose state for ten years since the explosion at Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, is transferred from the Ridgemont Federal Sanitarium to Smith's Grove Sanitarium by ambulance. En route, Michael wakes from his coma when he learns that his sister Laurie Strode, who died in a car accident, has a daughter, Jamie Lloyd. He attacks the ambulance personnel, and the vehicle crashes. Michael makes his way to Haddonfield in search of his niece. Dr. Sam Loomis goes to Haddonfield after learning that Michael has escaped transfer and gives chase. He arrives at a gas station, where he comes across Michael who has killed a mechanic for his clothes, along with a clerk. Michael escapes in a tow truck and causes an explosion, destroying Loomis's car in the process and disabling the phones by severing the telephone wires. Loomis is then forced to catch a ride to Haddonfield.