A Woodbridge, Va., man is in custody, facing drug and other charges, after a police chase and crash, according to Virginia State Police.
Early Sunday morning, police tried to stop a Dodge Charger on I-95 near the Lorton exit. The license plate indicated the car had been stolen out of Maryland, police said.
Authorities reported that the driver, Alpha Kamara, 24, of Woodbridge, Va., refused to stop and instead sped away from the trooper at a high rate of speed.
A pursuit was initiated. Approximately two minutes later, police said Kamara ran off the right side of the interstate near Occoquan Road, hit the guardrail and crashed into the ditch.
Kamara ran from the scene on foot, police said. An adult male passenger remained at the scene. Kamara was arrested a short distance from the vehicle crash.
Police said they found about two kilograms of fentanyl pills in the car.
Kamara is being held in the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center on charges of one felony count of eluding police, one felony count of hit-and-run, unauthorized use of a vehicle, one felony count of possession of a Schedule I/II drug with the intent to distribute, one count of obstructing justice by resisting arrest and driving without a valid license.
The incident remains under investigation.