A drunken Alaskan man was arrested after he stole a forklift to retrieve his pickup truck which he 'd crashed . Aleksandr Glushko , 21 , of Delta Junction drove for more than three miles while intoxicated to retrieve the truck he 'd just crashed . But his bright idea turned sour when an Alaskan Railroad worker spotted him at the wheel of the forklift driving by the crash site , according to The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner . Bad idea : The pickup truck driven by Aleksandr Glushko is pictured here after he crashed it in Fairbanks , Alaska , police said the 21-year-old drove a stolen forklift more than three miles while intoxicated to retrieve it . The railroad worker informed police that he had just seen a man driving a forklift to Illinois Street and the driver had told him he was taking the forklift to get his dad ’ s truck , which had a flat tire . However , he was arrested by police who were at the scene when he looped back . He has been charged with a felony for driving under the influence of alcohol . According to police , the bizarre incident unfolded just before 6 a.m. Monday , when Glushko drove off the road in a pickup and crashed into pipe stacked in a company yard . The pickup was left straddling the pipe . Police said Glushko then walked to George Horner Ice Park , where he stole a forklift and drove off with it . Lieutenant Matt Soden from Fairbanks Police Department told the newspaper : 'Police were on scene talking to the railroad worker when Mr. Glushko came driving back up on the forklift . ' Glushko was cooperative and agreed to take a breath-alcohol test . It registered 0.230 , almost three times the intoxication standard of 0.08 , Soden said . He has two prior DUI convictions and was arrested on charges of felony DUI and vehicle theft . He remained in jail Tuesday .
Aleksandr Glushko , 21 , drove for more than three miles while intoxicated . He was spotted by a railroad worker as he sped towards the crash site . Police also spotted the driver as he drunkenly looped back past them . Glushko was charged with a felony for driving under the influence of alcohol .