A shirtless, out-of-control driver crashed into several vehicles and nearly hit people before a standoff with police at the University of Colorado's football stadium meant he was able to stop his reckless driving.
Authorities said Carl E. Haglund, 48, was allegedly driving a blue pickup truck erratically around 6:45 p.m. GMT near Folsom Field in Boulder, striking at least two vehicles, several trees and a sign.
Witnesses to the off-campus crash reportedly tried to block Haglund, who lives in Massachusetts, from leaving the scene.
However, he ran away without finishing his game, nearly hitting a passerby in the process.
Witnesses said Haglund was fleeing the scene in his car when he crashed into another vehicle and then into a tree.
Boulder police then caught up with Haglund, who continued to make noise while driving, and ordered him to pull over.
The reckless driver evaded police and disappeared for a while, but was spotted a few minutes later in his truck outside a D1 university's stadium.
Haglund drove toward the gates of Folsom Field, crashed his truck through the gates and onto the University of Colorado Boulder's football field.
He stopped his badly damaged truck near the 40-yard line, leaving tire marks on the field.
Images show one of the rear wheels of a blue pickup truck embedded in grass, chipping the tire.
Haglund was seen standing shirtless with his hands up in the area between the 40- and 30-yard lines of the field as he turned himself in to police. According to a photo circulating on social media.
University Police Department Posts At about 7:23pm GMT, X warned students and others that there was a “heavy police presence at Folsom Field” and to “avoid” the area.
After negotiations with Boulder police, Haglund got out of the truck and turned himself in.
Haglund was arrested and booked into the Boulder County Jail.
He was charged with numerous offences including attempted criminal assault with a motor vehicle, reckless endangerment, fleeing with a motor vehicle, three counts of leaving the scene of an accident after damage, failure to comply with a traffic control device, operating without insurance, criminal damage to property between $100,000 and $150,000, disturbing the peace and trespassing.
Police said there was no threat to anyone on campus and the investigation is ongoing, according to the city.
A university spokesman said: ESPN No one on campus was injured in the incident.
The Post reached out to the University of Colorado Boulder.
A university spokesman said: ABC News The school will repair damage to the field that appears to have been caused by a pickup truck as soon as possible.
Luckily for them, the Colorado Buffaloes are on the road against the Colorado State Rams on Saturday.
They won't need the field until their next home game against Baylor University on Sept. 21.
