A 27-year-old Maryland man apparently thought it was a good idea to smash his car into a police SUV that had been chasing him.

At approximately 10:49 a.m. Wednesday (May 17), Virginia State Police located a GMC Yukon that Prince William County Police was looking for in connection with an ongoing investigation. The GMC was on Route 1 in Prince William County heading north towards the Fairfax County line.


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At 3:59 p.m., a Virginia State Police Trooper initiated a traffic stop on a pickup truck traveling east on I-66. The pickup pulled off onto the shoulder and stopped for the trooper at the 50 mile marker. The violation for the traffic stop was speeding.

After making initial contact with the pickup truck’s driver, the trooper was walking back to his patrol SUV when a Camaro ran off the right side of I-66 and slammed into the back of the VSP SUV. The impact of the crash launched the state police SUV forward striking the trooper and knocking him into the right eastbound travel lane. The SUV also struck the rear of the pickup truck.


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Police said a road rage incident escalated, leading to one of the drivers pulling a gun and firing rounds into traffic. No one was injured, but traffic was detoured around the scene on the incident date so police could collect the shells that fell onto the pavement.

Fairfax County police tell us:


Virginia State Police said someone opened fire on the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County, Virginia, on Sunday, March 19, 2023.

No one was injured. Police closed several lanes for a short time to collect bullet casings.


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