UPDATE: Suspect Hits 3 Police Cars Friday After Fleeing Attempted Traffic Stop

UPDATE 5:20 p.m. Friday from Fairfax County Police:

Police say that Zoltan A. Mogan, 47, of Rexford Drive, Springfield was charged Friday with impeding flow of traffic, felony speeding to elude, and two counts of assault on a law enforcement officer.

A 1999 Toyota Camary was reportedly impeding the flow of traffic on Old Keene Mill Road and an officer attempted to make a traffic stop. The driver ignored the officer’s order to stop and fled. Virginia State Police assisted officers once the vehicle drove onto Interstate 495. During the incident, two Fairfax County Police cruisers sustained damage after being struck by the suspect. One of the trooper’s vehicle’s also sustained damage. There were no injuries.

The incident ended in a parking lot in the City of Alexandria near Eisenhower Avenue and Hooffs Run Drive at 10:57 a.m. The suspect was taken into custody and transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center.

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A suspect hit three police cars Friday morning during a chase that ended on Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, according to Lucy Caldwell, public information officer for Fairfax County Police.

The suspect, a man who is now in custody, hit a Virginia State Police car and two Fairfax County Police cars before he was apprehended in Alexandria, Caldwell said.

The chase started at 10:41 a.m. Friday about nine miles away, in the Springfield area, after an attempted traffic stop, Caldwell said. Police tried to pull the suspect over at Hunter Village Drive and Old Keene Mill Road, near St. Bernadette Catholic Church. Hunter Village Drive runs alongside Hunter Village Park.

The chase led police onto Interstate 95 to 495 and into Alexandria, where it ended at 10:57 a.m. in a dead end in the 1500 block of Eisenhower Avenue, Caldwell said.

The suspect is facing multiples charges, including two charges of assault on an officer, Caldwell said.

Virginia State Police assisted in the incident, according to VSP spokeswoman Corinne Geller; the Alexandria Police Department assisted as well, according to a post to social media by the police department.

Some police departments have a policy to not chase drivers under certain circumstances, so as not to endanger the general public. It’s uncertain if Friday’s incident was a high-speed chase or what the initial traffic violation was that prompted police to attempt to pull over the suspect.

Patch will update with new information as it becomes available.