Viral video shows allegedly drunk man take airport golf cart on walkway joy ride

A bizarre scene unfolded at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York on Monday morning when a man, who appeared intoxicated, drove a stolen golf cart onto a moving walkway.

Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) said 29-year-old Kevin J. Sinning of Wyoming was arrested and charged with criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, criminal possession of stolen property, criminal nuisance and grand larceny.

Bystanders captured the moment in a video that has since gone viral.

The video starts by showing Sinning driving a golf cart off of a moving walkway at the airport.

Sinning then turned around in the cart and drove it back toward the moving walkway, missing several “wet floor signs” in the process.

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As he approached the walkway, Sinning lined the cart up and drove on with the driver’s-side wheels up on a metal bank, and the passenger-side wheels on the conveyor belt.

When Sinning drove past the person who captured the video, he appeared dazed, looking straight ahead with very little emotion.

A Wyoming man was arrested after driving a stolen golf cart at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport while allegedly intoxicated on July 28, 2025. (Thomas Brennan/TMX)

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NFTA said officers arrested Sinning at the end of the moving walkway.

The walkway was damaged during the allegedly drunken joy ride. (Thomas Brennan/TMX)

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Sinning, NFTA said, had caused extensive damage to glass panels and the walkway, as well as the vehicle itself. 

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Responding NFTA officers reported that Sinning appeared to be “visibly intoxicated.”