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Bedlam unfolded at well-below breackneck speeds in Cork, Ireland, last night when 4 apparently drunken men took a scissor lift for a joyride.
The group gained control of the utility vehicle, which was stationed in a quayside, at around 8.30pm and drove it around the town centre.
They’re heard triumphantly shouting while waving their arms about as they careered down a street.
At one point the vehicle veers towards the pavement and only narrowly avoids hitting a pedestrian by crashing right into a bollard.
Earlier two of the lads had been seen hanging off the back of the lift while the opposite two manned the controls driving along a road.
A bridge was reportedly damaged when the lads attempted to drive the vehicle over it into one other a part of the town.
Gardaí officers stopped the vehicle at a checkpoint giving onto one other bridge and arrested two men aged 20 and 31, who remain detained for questioning.
It’s not clear whether the opposite two men were present on the time or had left the vehicle beforehand.
Scissor lifts, that are utilized by staff to access heights, can reach speeds of as much as around 6mph when the platform shouldn’t be raised.
There have been no reports of injuries in reference to the incident.
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