Man climbs on speeding truck filled with wine and begins chugging directly from tank

'The best way to describe this was somebody doing snow angels,' police said.

This is the moment a man jumped on a speeding truck carrying wine and began chugging the booze directly from the tank.

Dash cam footage from a Cherokee Freight Lines tanker captured the bizarre whine heist in Modesto, California, which began after 39-year-old Gabriel Moreno pulled his car over in front of the truck and directed it to the side of the highway.

The truck pulled over believing Moreno may be experiencing a mechanical issue. Moreno, who is seen wearing only his underwear, then runs to the passenger side of the truck, out of view of the camera.

As the truck driver pulls back onto the highway, Moreno is seen sprinting after the truck. He then jumps onto the tanker before climbing underneath as it begins to speed up.

Police say Moreno unscrewed a valve that sent the wine flowing out of the tank. As it poured onto the highway, he allegedly began guzzling as much as he could.

The driver called California Highway Patrol after he released he was losing hundreds of gallons of red wine.

‘I’ve listened to the radio. I’ve listened to thousands and thousands of calls. This one’s up there in the top ten,’ Officer Tom Olsen, with the Modesto CHP, said to WMC 5.

‘This individual was able to release the wine from under the tanker, and he placed himself underneath the tanker in such a manner – the best way to describe this was somebody doing snow angels. ‘

Moreno was eventually arrested, although it is unclear what charges he is facing.

The trucking company later said it had lost approximately 1,000 gallons of wine – enough to fill nearly 5,000 bottles – after they weighed the tanker, however most of it ended up on the highway.