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Police: Suspected car thieves found sleeping in running vehicle in middle of road

By KIRO-TV – Seattle
Dec 7, 2014

Seattle police on Friday responded to a report that two men were asleep inside a car in the middle of the road, according to KIRO-TV.

The stolen car’s engine was running and it was in "drive," police said.

Police said "the only thing keeping it in place was the sleeping driver’s foot."

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As police tried to put the other vehicle into "park," one sleeping man awoke.

He reversed the car and drove at a high speed into the patrol car parked nearby, narrowly missing the officers, police said.

When officers caught up with the fleeing men in the stolen car, a passenger jumped from the vehicle and fled on foot, police said.

The 25-year-old driver was arrested and booked into King County Jail.

Police are still looking for the passenger.

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