- Dashcam footage revealed the comical moment a car thief flew from the driver's seat of a vehicle he had just stolen
- The suspect targeted an Amazon delivery person and threatened him
- He then sped away in Amazon's electric van before falling and crashing the vehicle
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Hilarious footage shows the moment a car thief strangely falls from the driver's seat of an Amazon van moments after stealing it.
Dashcam video was released by the Houston Police Department's Robbery Division after a suspected carjacker attacked an Amazon driver and his van.
The dramatic incident occurred on November 16 around 7 p.m. when the delivery person delivered a package to an apartment complex at West Airport in Houston, Texas. KHOU11 reported.
The carjacker had approached the driver, threatened him with a gun and demanded that he hand over the keys to his vehicle, a Rivian electric van.
After the victim turned in his keys, the carjacker sped away in the $83,000 van.
Dashcam video was released by the Houston Police Department's Robbery Division after a suspected carjacker attacked an Amazon driver and his van
The dramatic incident occurred on November 16 around 7 p.m. when the delivery person delivered a package to an apartment complex at West Airport in Houston.
The carjacker had approached the driver, threatened him with a gun and demanded that he hand over the keys to his vehicle – a Rivian electric van.
He didn't get far before bizarrely flying off the driver's seat and crashing the Amazon van.
The car thief appeared to be panicking as he struggled to regain control of the steering wheel.
The chaos descended when the door at the back of the van flew open and the vehicle crashed into bushes.
After crashing the vehicle less than half a mile away from where it was stolen, the suspect ran from the scene and has yet to be found and arrested.
The embarrassing moment was all captured on dashcam footage from inside the vehicle.
Video from earlier clearly shows the suspect, who is described as a black male, 6 feet tall, approximately 18-23 years old, wearing black clothing and a black mask.
He is seen lurking in the road in front of the van as the vehicle's lights flashed on and off.
The car thief is then seen crossing the road and exploring the area before heading back to the van.
This isn't the first time an Amazon driver has been targeted by thieves.
In November, a group of about six thieves, who looked like young boys, raided a large walk-in truck after the driver left the door wide open.
They frantically packed boxes as the female driver watched from a nearby sidewalk and did nothing.
She seemed fed up with the robbers who snuck up on her while she was delivering other packages at an apartment complex believed to be in Atlanta, Georgia.