The man was riding in a car Wednesday afternoon when it was pulled over by police in Rensselaer, across the Hudson River from Albany. Police say he bolted from the car's passenger side and ran toward the river, where he jumped in near a bridge.
The current carried him about 250 feet down river before he was able to grab onto a branch. Police soon arrived and pulled him from the 50-degree water.
Authorities say the man, whose name hasn't been released, thought there was a warrant out for his arrest.
But police say there was no warrant.
He was taken to an Albany hospital for an examination.
