8/28/18 Kansas City, KS Man Officer approaches man walking in traffic. While determining if he need help – Man steals Patrol car all the way to Kansas City Kansas. Taken into custody.

KANSAS CITY, KS (AP) – Authorities have arrested a man who is accused of stealing a patrol car in Kansas City, MO and fleeing into Kansas City, KS.

Police in Kansas City, MO said in a news release that an officer first approached the man because he had been spotted walking in traffic. The release says that while the officer was trying to determine whether the man needed help, he jumped into the officer’s patrol car and fled.

Police pursued the vehicle into Kansas City, KS where the man drove onto a road that was under construction. The release says the man then got out the car and ran from it before being taken into custody nearby. No one was hurt.