A trooper and three others, including a 4-year-old child, were injured in a crash following a pursuit Saturday [April 12] on Interstate 66 eastbound in Fairfax County.
Just before 9 p.m., Virginia State Police were called about an occupied vehicle on the left shoulder of the I-66 Express Lanes at the 58-mile marker [near Oakton].
“Upon arrival, troopers noticed the subject was acting weirdly, as well as the presence of narcotics in the vehicle,” state police said in a news release.
A trooper asked the driver to turn off the vehicle multiple times, and the driver refused, eventually pulling away, the release said, initiating a pursuit.
Troopers again tried to stop the vehicle in the Express Lanes, but both the driver and one of the state police vehicles lost control in the median.
The suspect driver was able to regain control while the trooper ended up in the westbound Express Lanes on I-66, striking a Honda CR-V, state police said.
The suspect eventually exited onto Route 50 westbound and turned onto a residential road which had a dead end. The driver, a 17-year-old juvenile from Maryland, was then taken into custody after first being checked out at a local hospital, according to the release.
Troopers will be obtaining charges for eluding, driving without a license, and reckless driving, and additional charges are pending, state police said.
The male driver of the Honda CR-V, a 4-year-old passenger and the trooper involved in the crash all were taken to an area hospital, checked out and released.
A female passenger in the vehicle was kept overnight at the hospital for observation of her non-life-threatening injuries, the release said.
Another vehicle sustained damage after striking debris from the crash.
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