In the early hours of Tuesday, authorities in Florida had to halt traffic on the Seven Mile Bridge to deal with a joyrider driving a backhoe.
In the early hours of Tuesday, authorities from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office in Florida had to halt traffic on the Seven Mile Bridge to deal with a joyrider driving a backhoe.
The incident began when Carl Blahnik, 59, used the heavy equipment to dump some large rocks on the passageway.
After that, he just kept on driving, going back and forth on the bridge for roughly an hour and a half.
Deputies pursued him, sirens blaring and lights flashing, but it took spike strips to finally get Blahnik to stop.
The man was