A man attempted to steal a taxi as his getaway car early this morning but didn’t get far.
Police were alerted that a wanted man was a passenger in a cab in the center of St. John’s just before 2 a.m.
They pulled over the taxi, but the man tried to get in the driver’s seat and speed away.
Instead, the cab rolled backward and collided with the police car.
The suspect was taken into custody and he was charged with theft of a motor vehicle, resisting arrest and breach of probation.