Virginia police are searching for a man who hid in a storm drain after fleeing a car crash on a state highway on Monday afternoon.
State troopers originally responded to two crashes around 2:35 p.m. on Monday on I-495 eastbound in Fairfax.
A third crash happened shortly behind the responding officers while they were investigating the first two incidents.
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One of the drivers involved in the third crash took off after troopers asked for identification. He made it less than a mile down the interstate before veering off-road and plummeting into a ditch.
Undeterred, the suspect took off on foot and sprinted across the east and westbound lanes of the highway. Somehow, he vanished in a drainage spot underneath the interstate before troopers could nab him.
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