Most of us have been late for something at some point in our lives and we had to rush through the entire journey just to make it to the airport or the train station. But it seems no one has been in such a hurry as this man who is accused of stealing a backhoe and driving it to the airport to board his flight on time. According to Business Insider, a man from southern Illinois has been charged with theft after allegedly stealing a backhoe loader and driving it 10 miles to an airport so he can board a flight to the West Coast.

Williamson County Sheriff's Office shared security footage on their Facebook page where a man is shown arriving at the Southern Illinois Veterans Airport in the bulky excavator. As per the police reports, the fellow then stopped the backhoe at the parking lot, leaped to the ground while holding a guitar case and calmly entered the airport. "Deputies were informed that a backhoe was parked in the airport parking lot, which was suspicious in nature," a statement released by the authorities read.

The real owner of the vehicle reportedly arrived at the scene to confirm that the excavator belonged to his company and that it was parked at a job site nearby. "You hear of people either getting rides from other people, borrowing cars, stealing cars but a backhoe being stolen from a job site, driven 10 miles to an airport for an individual to catch a flight all the way to the West Coast carrying a guitar, that is unique," Sheriff Jeff Diederich said, per KFVS12.

Timothy J. Baggott of Carbondale was identified as the suspected hijacker of the backhoe which is a large piece of equipment used to transport heavy material that weighs many tonnes typically in construction sites and mines. Baggott took a plane to the West Coast before being detained in Nevada. He was accused of stealing with theft in excess of $10,000. He is currently held in the Elko County Jail in Nevada on a $40,000 bond due to a felony charge, according to the outlet.

However, a few netizens cracked some jokes about this whole fiasco, and one wrote: "The guy just was trying to make it on time for his flight. What's the big deal?" Another person quipped, "Well, at least he didn't do anything stupid other than borrowing the backhoe to go to the airport and for safety, he did put the bucket down." A few even thought that it is okay to "give the man a break." Even though, the man did not steal the backhoe to "keep it or be destructive," a crime is still a crime, and he ended up being where he deserved to be after the weird theft.