An incredible video has been released showing the moment a thief tried to make off with stolen construction equipment.

Little did he realize, he had picked on the wrong crew after one angry laborer jumped on the hood of his speeding vehicle.

In the home surveillance footage, filmed in the exclusive Park Cities neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, the thief can be seen trying to drive off after taking a saw worth around $1,200 (£955).

The thief carries the expensive tool back into his car but is quickly followed by one of the construction crew workers who leaps onto the front of the vehicle.

The other labourers also chase after the thief as they try to retrieve their missing equipment.

After a struggle that takes place off camera, the car speeds back down the road with the construction worker still on the hood.

The truck chasing after them appears to knock the back of the thief's vehicle.

An incredible video has been released showing the moment a thief tried to make off with stolen construction equipment

University Park police say they are still looking for the suspect and the investigation remains open.

'Well I was astounded the guy jumped on the hood of the car, but I can understand, [it's] like moral outrage,' neighbor Rick Bauchman told CBS11.

He added: 'And at that point the red car stopped, backed up, turned around, and came flying back past me with the person still attached to the hood.'

Little did he realize, he had picked on the wrong crew after one angry laborer jumped on the hood of his speeding vehicle

The driver of the red car faces a theft of property charge.

The shocking footage has now been viewed nearly one million times since being posted to YouTube.

One commenter wrote: 'I am a construction worker. If we catch you robbing us or robbing our customers houses, you'll get the same exact response. We don't play around like that.'