A 22-year-old man attempted to drive away from a traffic stop with a Eugene police officer inside the vehicle early Wednesday, March 4, police said.

Logan Keona-Rayne Whitney had been pulled over near Morning View Drive and Garfield Street in far south Eugene shortly after 2:34 a.m., police said in a news release.

An officer suspected Whitney of driving under the influence of intoxicants when Whitney started the Toyota Corolla he was in and put the car in drive, police said.

Two Eugene police officers had earlier tried to remove him from the vehicle, which had been parked, according to a police news release.

After Whitney started the car, one of the officers tried to put it in park and was inside it as Whitney started to drive away, police said.

The officer inside the vehicle was able to steer it into a curb, police said in a news release.

“During this high-risk situation, the officer used a Taser to gain compliance and Whitney attempted to grab it,” police said in the news release.

A third officer in a patrol vehicle managed to pin the car driven by Whitney, who had continued to step on the car’s gas pedal. 

Police said Whitney resisted arrest, with “several officers” needed to take him into custody.

Whitney was booked into Lane County Jail on suspicion of DUII, resisting arrest and second-degree kidnapping, among other charges, police said.

The initial stop took place after police responded to an automatic crash detection report for a Toyota Corolla. An officer en route spotted a vehicle that matched the report’s description traveling in an opposing lane of traffic. The officer turned around to make the traffic stop, police said.