WATCH: Car thief fleeing police gets the vehicle stuck on Madrid shopping centre stairs

A car thief who was fleeing police in Madrid entered a shopping mall only for the vehicle to get stuck trying to go up the stairs.

In a classic case of having seen too many movies, the 36-year-old drove through the glass doors of the Plaza Eliptica shopping centre in the early hours of Tuesday, August 23.

The thief is said to have used the bus lane of the A42 before crashing through the doors and trying to drive up the stairs.

According to the emergency services, no one was hurt, but it took a herculean effort to remove the vehicle from the stairs and the shopping centre.

The driver has been transferred by the SAMUR-Civil Protection to the October 12 Hospital according to news site 20minutos.  

Tras el aparatoso suceso @BomberosMad ha retirado el coche de las escaleras en una laboriosa maniobra. @SAMUR_PC ha trasladado al conductor al hospital 12 de octubre y @policiademadrid investiga las circunstancias de este suceso en el que, afortunadamente, no ha habido heridos. pic.twitter.com/FoxZWH9xRZ

— Emergencias Madrid (@EmergenciasMad) August 23, 2022

What the car thief fleeing police was thinking when he tried to get away through the shopping centre is anyone’s guess, but no doubt that will become clearer as the police investigation gets underway.

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