Video: Pickup Slams Into Back of Va. Police Cruiser During Stop

A Fairfax County police officer escaped injury after a pickup truck crashed into his cruiser during a traffic stop in Springfield, and authorities say the driver now faces DWI and other charges.

Joe Vince

Nov. 10, 2026

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A Fairfax County police officer was outside his cruiser during a reckless-driving stop when a pickup truck slammed into the parked patrol vehicle on Interstate 95.
Body camera footage captured the crash, which scattered debris across the interstate, but no one was injured and the stopped vehicle was not hit.
The pickup driver was arrested and charged with DWI, refusing a DWI test, failing to move over for an emergency vehicle and other offenses.

A Virginia police cruiser was rear-ended Sunday by a pickup truck during an unrelated traffic stop.

The crash happened at around 4:15 a.m. when a Fairfax County police officer on the DWI Squad had pulled over a vehicle for reckless driving along Interstate 95 in Springfield, the department stated in a news release. The officer was outside of his marked cruiser talking to the driver when his unit struck from behind by a GMC Sierra.

No one was injured, and the vehicle that was initially pulled over was not struck in the incident. Body camera footage of the crash, which sent debris across the interstate.

"My cruiser was just struck at my traffic stop," the officer is heard saying on the radio following the crash. "Go and check the other driver. I'm uninjured."

A view from the front of the damage done to a Fairfax County police cruiser that was rear-ended by a pickup truck during a traffic stop — A Fairfax County police officer was speaking with a motorist during a reckless-driving stop Sunday when a pickup truck crashed into his unoccupied parked cruiser and scattered debris across the interstate.

The pickup driver, identified as Pedro Javier Patraca Jacome, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated, DWI refusal, open container, fail to move over for emergency vehicle and obstruction of justice. The driver in the initial traffic stop was later released.

"This incident serves as a reminder of the dangers impaired drivers pose to everyone on our roadways, including officers conducting traffic stops and responding to emergencies," the department stated.

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.