Video shows police tasing shirtless man running on I-880 in San Jose

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- A shirtless man darted through traffic on Interstate-880 Tuesday morning in San Jose and police ran after him during the snarled morning commute.

The mad dash was recorded by a driver who was headed in the opposite direction.

Tuesday morning's traffic jam on I-880 was far from typical. San Jose police tried to catch a bare-chested man that was running on the freeway around 9:40 a.m. A passing driver shot video of the chase with his cellphone.

Police say where the shirtless man came from is a mystery, but the incident started near the Stevens Creek Boulevard overpass. Police say the man grabbed construction cones and started placing them on I-880, stalling traffic. Cones were nearby due to recent construction in the area.

Police say the man assaulted the two officers who tried to detain him as he darted all over the roadway.

"He juked them pretty good," said one driver watching the cellphone video.

Police suspect the man was intoxicated and possibly on PCP.

"The guy's tased," the driver said on the video.

The video shows the man running with Taser wires dangling from his back.

"He must have been on something if he got tased and he kept running like that," said one viewer.

A half dozen San Jose officers can be seen chasing the man, along with three California Highway Patrol officers who came to help.

"The police did everything right. I don't think they did anything wrong. That's crazy!" said San Jose resident Clint Leonard, who saw the video.

A second Taser deployment subdued the un-identified man. Police say he was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries. From there officers booked him into the Santa Clara County Jail on two counts of battery on a peace officer, being under the influence in public and resisting arrest.