Livingston County authorities now say they have found a second occupant of a vehicle involved in a fatality accident Wednesday morning, and he was none too happy at the prospect.

Sheriff Steve Cox put out word Wednesday that a second victim may have been injured in a crash near Wheeling in which a vehicle driven erratically in a pasture ejected the driver and rolled on top of him.

But as investigators compared notes, it was determined that the second occupant was likely the same man who allegedly stole a state trooper’s patrol car as officers were notifying the next of kin.

A crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol indicates the initial accident happened Wednesday morning at about 1:15 am in a pasture near Highways B and BB.

Wheeling First Responders, Chillicothe Department of Emergency Services, The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office and Missouri State Highway Patrol responded.

Cox says as officers were notifying the next of kin, another man gained access to a state trooper’s patrol vehicle and allegedly drove it toward one of the troopers, who drew his sidearm.

Cox says officers arrested Wesley David Coke, 36, of Linneus for the alleged Tampering with a Motor Vehicle and Driving While Intoxicated.

Mr. Coke remains incarcerated in the Livingston County Jail at this time pending the filing of formal charges.  Cox released this booking photograph of Coke.