--- description: A suspected car thief made a bizarre (albeit original) attempt at evading police Wednesday — by driving his SUV straight into the ocean. title: Car Thief Drives Into to Ocean to Escape Police image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Car Thief Drives Into to Ocean to Escape Police by [Matthew Grimson / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Matthew Grimson / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2015 5:39 PM CUT by [Matthew Grimson / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Matthew Grimson / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 7, 2015 5:39 PM CUT A suspected car thief made a bizarre (albeit original) attempt at evading police Wednesday — by driving his SUV straight into the ocean. The two-hour police chase in Perth, Australia, appeared to be coming to an end when the suspect found himself on the beach with nowhere to go. But as police closed in, the man appeared to make a last-ditch bid for freedom by accelerating straight into breaking waves. As the vehicle was swamped, the suspect climbed out of the driver’s-side window and onto the roof of the car. Concerned for his safety, two officers followed him into the water. . . [_Read more from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/car-thief-perth-australia-tries-evade-police-driving-ocean-n440096?cid=par-time%5F20151007 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4064981/car-thief-drives-into-ocean-australia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4064981/car-thief-drives-into-ocean-australia/"},"headline":"Car Thief Drives Into to Ocean to Escape Police","datePublished":"2015-10-07T17:39:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:42.528Z","description":"Somehow, it didn't work","url":"https://time.com/4064981/car-thief-drives-into-ocean-australia/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Matthew Grimson / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4064981/car-thief-drives-into-ocean-australia/","name":"Car Thief Drives Into to Ocean to Escape Police"}}]}] ```