Man on forklift leads police on chase

FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- Police in Texas said they arrested a man who stole a forklift from a construction site and led them on a low-speed chase that ended on an interstate.

Fort Worth police said Timothy Raines, 43, stole the forklift from a construction site Sunday and led police on a chase ending on Interstate 30, KDFW-TV, Dallas/Fort Worth, reported Tuesday.

Raines was arrested on charges including theft, aggravated assault on a peace officer and driving while intoxicated.

Nathan Lowery said he witnessed the man drive past while he was at a University Drive gas station and took a brief video of the chase.

"When we passed him, the guy was standing up chugging a beer and threw it at the cop car behind him," Lowery said.