The man reportedly fled the scene of multiple collisions on the Capital Beltway and vanished into a system of storm drains as he was being pursued by police.

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 chaotic scene erupted on I-495 in Virginia on Monday afternoon as a driver involved in multiple crashes ditched his car and disappeared into drainage tunnels, State Police reported. The incident began at approximately 2:35 p.