Authorities said a 25-year-old Temple Hills man led Virginia State Police on a wild chase Thursday morning through Arlington and Alexandria that involved the man crashing into a state police car, a Metro bus, attempting to carjack someone, and stealing two other cars.
The chase, which started when state police observed a stolen pickup truck trying to back down a ramp leading to Interstate 395, ended when Gerald Lee McCall slammed a stolen car into a barrier outside Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, police said.
When the troopers first approached McCall on I-395 after he attempted to back the truck up, he sped off, getting off the highway at the Shirlington Road exit. As he exited he collided with a state police car.
The suspect took off again, hitting a Metro bus near Shirlington Circle. He then got out of the truck, attempted to carjack another vehicle, and then ran into a nearby neighborhood. Moments later he was seen driving a second stolen vehicle.
It was another 10 minutes before he finally crashed at the airport.
