Police: Runaway Driver Nabbed After Midnight Collision

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Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Washington, D.C., motorist shortly after midnight Thursday after he rear-ended another vehicle at a stoplight in Ashburn and fled the scene, according to a police report.

Ivar M. Cox, 36, was charged with felony hit and run, possession of marijuana and being drunk in public, the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.

The deputies responded to the scene of the accident at 12:21 a.m. Friday at the intersection of the Loudoun County Parkway and George Washington Boulevard, the sheriff’s office said. A motorist told them he was sitting at a stop signal and attempting to make a right turn when his vehicle was hit from behind by a 2015 Honda CRV.

The suspect driver fled the scene on foot, and he was later apprehended by deputies who searched the area with a K-9 unit (a deputy with a police dog). The victim declined medical treatment at the scene, the sheriff’s office said.