A track loader might be one of the oddest choices of getaway car out there.
It’s like something you’d expect to see in “Grand Theft Auto.” However, before we got the long-awaited sixth installment of GTA, we had a desperate motorist attempting to lose the police in a Kubota track loader of all things. It’s definitely a chase, but it’s far from a high-speed one.
A runaway Kubota track loader driver led the police on a slow-speed chase on a public highway
Over a dozen police vehicles were attempting to box a suspect in on Interstate 10 in Mobile County, Alabama. However, this wasn’t your typical SUV or family sedan attempting to slip away from the police. No, this was a suspect using a bright-orange Kubota track loader to bully the cops on a three-lane stretch of highway.
The Kubota’s owner reported the track loader stolen, resulting in police looking for the vehicle. It didn’t take long to find the vibrant loader crawling its way onto the highway. As you might expect, law enforcement quickly surrounded the tracked vehicle with patrol SUVs, cars, and even pickup trucks. However, the sheer volume of police vehicles wasn’t enough to prompt the loader’s driver to give up and go quietly.
The wild video of the event shows the orange Kubota raising its bucket attachment as if a shield against the pursuing police cars. What’s more, the driver continued his slow maneuver toward the row of SUVs, forcing many of them to reverse away from the loader.
At several points throughout the “pursuit,” police officers were on foot following the vehicle. The brazen driver refused to stop, instead trying to ram into law enforcement vehicles as they retreated.
However, the driver’s odd choice of getaway car wasn’t enough to stop the police from opening fire on him. According to Mobile County authorities, emergency medical services (EMS) transported the suspect to a local hospital.
Of course, internet commentary was ridiculous. One viewer commented, “Wow, Kubota got free advertising!” Another commenter joked, “All those police Chevy Tahoes with push bars, and none of them wanted to take on a skid steer.”
