Man takes steamroller on a late-night joyride

[June 24, 2009]  BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -- Boulder police are looking for a man they said stole a city steamroller for a late-night joyride.

 Some Boulder residents were awakened at about 2 a.m. Tuesday by the rumbling of a steamroller down a neighborhood street. Witnesses told police they saw a man driving the steamroller before crashing it into a can and fleeing.

Both vehicles suffered minor damage, but no one was hurt. Boulder Police spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said witnesses couldn't agree on a description or approximate age of the driver. Officials haven't said how they think the steamroller was taken from the city's Public Works Department.

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[Associated Press]

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