Houston Uber driver caught in wild police chase as officers seen on dashcam video hitching a ride in his car

A Houston Uber driver was caught "off guard" but kept his cool when two police officers jumped into his vehicle and directed him to chase a suspect fleeing on foot, wild dashcam video shows.

Anthony Baines said he was driving for Uber at about 12:20 a.m. Aug. 8 in a Houston Heights neighborhood, when a shirtless man ran across the street in front of his vehicle with two Houston Police Department officers close behind, according to Storyful.

The video shows Baines getting waved down by an officer and stopping as she approaches and hops into the front passenger seat.

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"Hey, give me a ride over there please," the officer says in the video. "Go, go that way … go, go, go, go, go!"

Baines can be heard asking which way he should drive as officers point him in the direction of the suspect. After driving a short distance, the officer signals for her partner, who's carrying a flashlight, to get in the vehicle, too, and opens the car door and jumps into the ...