Story By: Anastasia Smirnova, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News
Video Credit:CEN
This is the moment a daring detainee jumps from the first-floor window of a police station while still handcuffed to a radiator the radiator and lands on a car before running away with the heating device still in tow.
The bizarre incident took place in Russia’s second city of St Petersburg in north-western Russia and was recorded on a smartphone camera by onlooker.
In the video, a detainee, whose name has not been reported, can be seen climbing onto a first-floor window sill carrying a small radiator in is his right hand.
He then jumps without hesitation onto the roof of a small red car, landing on his feet before sitting down on top of the car.
He appears to be handcuffed to the radiator and when he spots police officers rushing to the window he jumped from he hops off the car and runs away with the radiator in his hands.
It is unclear what the man had been detained for or if he has been recaptured.
Netizen ‘Andrey’ said: “He really wanted to be free but now he will rot in jail.”
Another one ‘Lubania’ added: “If only this heater was made out of cast iron, he wouldn’t stand a chance running away like that.”
While ‘Ya’ commented: “OMG, great job!”
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