Virginia State Police have arrested a D.C. police officer who was allegedly caught on camera evading troopers before crashing into another vehicle on Thanksgiving Day morning.
D.C. police said Officer Peter McCauley, a 25-year-old Alexandria resident and member of the police force since June 2020, was taken into custody in Virginia after what the department characterized as “a traffic accident causing injury.”
The incident began just before midnight Wednesday while McCauley was driving a Tesla on Interstate 395, near the border between Arlington and Alexandria, according to a statement from Virginia police. At the time, police said, McCauley was speeding down the interstate at 95 mph, 40 miles over the posted speed limit.
No car should travel 95 mph without making a sound.