A Virginia State Police chase through Fairfax County ended in a fleeing vehicle striking a Metrobus and a minivan near Fairlington on Saturday.
No passengers were on board the bus and the driver was uninjured, while the minivan driver was hospitalized for injuries that were not life-threatening, according to a press release.
The suspect, 21-year-old Cory Michael-Joseph Zufall, was arrested and charged with several felonies. Three passengers in his vehicle were identified and released.
The chase began after a trooper allegedly spotted an Infiniti driving recklessly on the I-495 interchange near Springfield around 9:20 p.m. The trooper tried to make a traffic stop, but Zufall refused, the press release says.
Authorities described a chaotic chase, with the trooper unsuccessfully attempting “a maneuver to try and stop the vehicle” after it exited I-495 at Gallows Road, south of Merrifield. The vehicle then continued back onto I-495 before exiting eastbound onto Route 7, near Tysons.
The Infiniti reportedly clipped the mirror of another vehicle and police again attempted a stop, which was also unsuccessful.
“The suspect vehicle eventually lost control near the intersection of Route 7 and South Walter Reed Drive, striking a Honda Odyssey minivan and a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) bus,” the press release says.
This intersection is on the border of Arlington and Alexandria, near the Fairlington, Shirlington and Claremont neighborhoods.
A complete Virginia State Police press release is below.
On Saturday (April 19, 2025), at approximately 9:20 p.m., a Virginia State Police trooper attempted a traffic stop of an Infiniti that was driving recklessly on Interstate 495 northbound at the Mixing Bowl. The Infiniti refused to stop, and a pursuit was initiated.
The suspect vehicle exited Interstate 495 at Gallows Road, where the Virginia State Police trooper attempted a maneuver to try and stop the vehicle. However, the maneuver was unsuccessful, and the suspect continued back onto Interstate 495 northbound.
The Infiniti then exited onto Route 7 eastbound, where it clipped the mirror of a third vehicle. A second attempt to stop the vehicle was also unsuccessful. The suspect vehicle eventually lost control near the intersection of Route 7 and South Walter Reed Drive, striking a Honda Odyssey minivan and a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) bus.
The diver of the vehicle, Cory Michael-Joseph Zufall, 21, of Reistertown, Md., was arrested and charged with reckless driving, four counts of felony hit and run, one count of misdemeanor hit and run, and felony eluding. Zufall was taken to an area hospital for treatment of a minor injury. Three passengers in the vehicle were identified and released.
The driver of the Odyssey was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
There were no passengers on the WMATA bus and the driver was uninjured.
The incident remains under investigation.
