VIDEO: Driver dodges police through fields, into pond during incredible Oklahoma chase

Man arrested after leading Oklahoma police on chase for hours

MOORE, Okla. – A man was arrested Friday after leading dozens of police officers on a chase through the streets and fields of Moore, Oklahoma.

You can watch the full video of the chase above.

Multiple police departments were involved in the chase after the pickup truck was stolen, according to NBC affiliate KFOR. The chase started Friday morning and lasted for more than two hours.

Police followed the pickup truck at high speeds through the metro area, according to KFOR. The driver then drove into a field and avoided officers who were surrounding him. At one point, the man got out of the truck and examined the license plate and the back of the vehicle.

He was wearing baggy pants, a sleeveless shirt and a flat-billed hat.

The chase stopped briefly near Indian Hills Road and Penn Avenue, but the driver then took off again, KFOR reports.

Officials said they used stop sticks to try to end the chase, but the man drove around them. A high school was locked down due to the chase, KFOR reports.

When the man parked in a field, he appeared to be waiting for police officers to make a move. The pickup's rear driver's side tire was flat, but that didn't stop the man from eluding multiple patrol cars during short bursts in the fields.

Here are some of the moments captured on chopper video:

When police flushed the man out of the field he was parked in, he was forced to speed up and avoid two officers that approached him. He led them across a field at high speeds, then turned suddenly in the other direction, kicking up a tunnel of dust.

At one point, the pickup truck appeared to be trapped while driving up onto the roadway and facing a ditch. The back of the truck was hit by a patrol car, which spun the pickup around. It came to rest facing the field once again, and the driver sped through a group of police cars and escaped.

After being hit and escaping from several patrol vehicles, the driver left that field, crossed a road and went into some thicker brush. The pickup truck eventually came to a stop, and an officer in a police pickup parked near him.

The officer got out with a gun and pointed it through the window of the stolen truck from the passenger's side. As he approached the front of the pickup truck, the driver quickly reversed and pulled away from the officer.

After escaping the officer with the gun, the driver continued to reverse at a high speed through the field. He turned while going backwards and accidentally went into the edge of a small pond and was stuck on an angle.

No longer able to drive the stolen pickup truck, the man stepped out and into the shallow pond. He looked around at officers, who were closing in from the direction he came, and backed away.

The man fled through the middle of the pond and came out on the other side while officers flanked him around the edge. He stumbled up a short hill and ran along the pond, all the while struggling to keep his pants at his waist.

When he stumbled at the edge of the water on the other side of the pond, an officer caught up to him.

When an officer came up a few feet behind the man, who was no longer running, the officer pointed a Taser and stunned the man.

The man was taken into custody by a group of officers.

Here is more dramatic video from WPEC News in Oklahoma:

Video: Wild chase in Oklahoma. Dramatic moment #1: Rifle pulled on suspect. pic.twitter.com/H0gF7BbnNz

— WPEC CBS12 News (@CBS12) November 10, 2017

Video: Wild chase in Oklahoma. Dramatic moment #2: Splashdown. pic.twitter.com/AYp8ILpldn

— WPEC CBS12 News (@CBS12) November 10, 2017

Video: Wild chase in Oklahoma. Dramatic moment #3: Taser takedown. pic.twitter.com/x7PNobGhbL

— WPEC CBS12 News (@CBS12) November 10, 2017


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