A secret service investigates an accident on I-66 in northern Virginia

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. am, forced the closure of an eastern portion of the highway at Arlington for about an hour, police said. He also unleashed a manhunt after one of the drivers fled the scene on foot, the agency said in a statement.

From 9 am, this driver remains on the run despite a helicopter. 19659005] The Secret Service reported that one of its officers spotted for the first time a car flying in the wrong direction on I Street NW in Washington at 4:35 am Sunday. The officer then tried to stop the bad driver, but the car continued on its way to I-66 heading west in eastbound lanes, said the officer. # 39; agency. According to the Secret Service, the driver fled the scene on foot,

. A pbadenger in the wrong car was arrested and then transferred to hospital with injuries that did not put his life in danger.

"There remains an ongoing investigation into whether charges will be laid against the pbadenger," said Arlington County Police spokesman Kirby Clark.

The driver of the vehicle that was going in the right direction

According to Fox 5 DC News one of the drivers of the crash was a "holder of a military pbad of the White House ".

A Secret The spokesman for the service said the agency was simply pro vide mutual aid to local police departments. The Arlington County Police Department is conducting the investigation

Images of the accident scene of local journalists have shown a dark colored sedan – severely damaged on the front and side straight – spanning the low concrete wall of the median road. Nearby was a red sedan stopped across three lanes eastbound on the highway, as well as many police officers.