Scary dashcam footage shows a driver speeding the wrong way on I-66 in Northern Virginia on Thursday morning. Courtesy of Clifford Crittenden.
Scary video footage shows a driver speeding the wrong way on Interstate 66 in Northern Virginia on Thursday morning.
Virginia State Police say the driver headed the wrong way on the Capital Beltway and I-66, hit at least one car and set off a wave of 911 calls.
Driver Clifford Crittenden was headed to the office via I-66 and driving in the left lane when he saw a number of police cars headed in the opposite direction.
“A moment later, I saw this car coming right at me. Luckily, at that moment, I swerved,” he said.
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Thirty seconds of footage from Crittenden’s dashcam show the threat from his perspective. The wrong-way driver in a red car rounds a curve and then heads right at him, driving partially in his lane and partially on the shoulder.
After the wrong-way driver passed him, Crittenden, of Falls Church, said he saw five to 10 police cars speeding in that direction, using the correct lanes.
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State police began receiving calls at about 10:35 a.m. reporting a driver headed north in southbound lanes of the Beltway near Exit 51, a police spokeswoman said. As police responded, the driver got onto I-66.
The wrong-way driver hit at least one car, police said. No injuries were reported.
The driver finally pulled over in the Rosslyn area because of a flat tire. No information on an arrest or charges was immediately released.
Stay with NBC Washington for more details on this developing story.
