Drivers zipping through Sacramento’s Arden-Arcade area slammed on their brakes when this guy suddenly bolted into the road near Watt and Marconi Avenues. He grabbed onto the side of a white sedan as it took off, getting dragged along the street while the car sped up.
Things got even crazier from there. He let go, then latched onto another vehicle right away. People caught it all on dashcam videos, showing him hanging on for dear life as cars hit around 40 mph.
The clips paint a pretty insane picture. There’s this 55-second mashup posted by @unlimited_ls on X today, February 28, 2026, where you see him clinging to at least three different cars. In one part, he’s on a white Mercedes-like sedan, and his pants start sliding down, mooning everyone.
A tweet from X.
Then he switches to a black SUV. He keeps at it until a passing car nicks him while he’s on the ground, scrambling for another hold. The whole mess backed up traffic for 15 or 20 minutes, but luckily no one else got injured.
A quick fact-check from ABC7 News sums it up:
“Video shows a man with outstanding warrants clinging to multiple moving cars in Sacramento before arrest and hospital treatment for injuries.”
Cops were on it quick. The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and California Highway Patrol nabbed him on February 27, 2026, after he tumbled and got hurt. They rushed him to the hospital for scrapes from being dragged and the hit from that car.
He was held on old warrants for theft and assault. From what KCRA reported initially, no fresh charges came out of the car-hanging stunt. Yahoo News mentioned,
“He was booked into jail on multiple charges, primarily tied to his outstanding warrants.”
They haven’t released his name yet. CHP said the bust went down around 9:15 a.m., with a bunch of units showing up to lock down the scene.
That X post blew up with over 6,000 views, and folks had all sorts of reactions. Some joked about his superhuman grip defying physics, others griped about taxpayers footing the bill for his medical care. One witness on Facebook just said,
“This dude is tripping.”
Big outlets like CBS Sacramento, FOX40, TMZ, and the New York Post picked it up. People were shocked at how reckless it was, mixed with frustration over repeat troublemakers. An Instagram post noted,
“The event disrupted traffic for approximately 15-20 minutes.”
This isn’t some fake viral nonsense it’s legit. I checked the video against what the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and CHP said, and it all lines up with the warrants, arrest, and the timeline from February 24 to 27, 2026.
In a place like this, dealing with ongoing public safety headaches, stuff like this really shows how stretched thin the cops are. As these repeat offenders keep popping up, it makes you wonder about better ways to stop it before it happens, based on what the local sheriff’s reports say. It’s part of bigger city problems that don’t have simple answers.
