An Ohio police officer was “attacked” by a giant inflatable Halloween pumpkin on the run in the middle of the street as he tried to clear it from traffic, police said.

The unidentified officer from the Bay Village Police Department in Ohio — located about 15 miles west of Cleveland — was dispatched to the area of ​​Wolf Road and Saddler Road on Oct. 14 “for a runaway pumpkin,” according to a statement from the commission. Bay Village Police Department.

In footage captured by the officer’s dash cam in his police vehicle, he can be seen driving towards the giant inflatable Halloween decoration, which takes up an entire lane of the road, before getting out and approaching it in an attempt to clean the street

The pumpkin, which had been blowing around the neighborhood in the wind, is then seen flipping over on top of him, completely enveloping him before landing right in front of his police car.

“Fortunately, no officers (or pumpkins) were injured during the event,” said the Bay Village Police Department.

Another officer can be seen arriving moments later, corralling the pumpkin with the police vehicle, before getting out to help the initial responding officer clear the way of the giant Halloween-themed inflatable.

“Once backup officers arrived, the pumpkin was returned to the owner,” police said.