ATHENS, Ala. -- Authorities said a naked man was arrested after he allegedly stole a truck and and drove it into a ditch on Thursday.

Chief Investigator Stanley McNatt said the man was shouting "somebody's trying to kill me" when he appeared in an Ardmore neighborhood. He said the man jumped in the back of a truck and broke the window to the cab. The man's name has not been released.

McNatt said driver then abandoned the truck and the naked man drove away with the vehicle.

A man was arrested a short time later after the truck ran into a ditch. He was being held for observation at a Decatur hospital.