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Man suffers injuries after joyride on back of van in Omaha

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Police say an Omaha man was injured after hopping on a van for joyride, then jumping off onto a busy street.

The 30-year-old man jumped on the back of the delivery van Wednesday afternoon while it was stopped for a red light in northeast Omaha.

Police say he stayed on the back of the van for about three blocks before he decided it was going too fast and jumped off. Officers say he suffered a gash on the back of his head, a cut to his left elbow and extensive road rash on his back. He was taken to a hospital for treatment and released.

The man told police he had been smoking methamphetamine before he went for the joyride.

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