High Speed Chase Route 210 Friday Night
So Friday night (8 May) around 11:30 pm I was driving down 210 / Indian Head Highway in heavy traffic Southbound near Wilson Bridge Drive when I noticed headlights quickly approaching and swerving from lane to lane in my rear view. I thought to myself "these racers are crazy". Just then their import sports sedan blew past me at around 90-100 mph, continuing to dangerously swerve and pass vehicles in from of me. Then I saw police lights in my rear view, and thought "yeah get em". But as the police car roared past me throttle wide open and the runners continued, it suddenly dawned on me that this was a police chase!
I hadn't seen an actual high speed chase in person in decades (yes i grew up here). But i was very concerned that they would blow though a red light further down the highway and kill someone. I watched the police cars lights for about a minute in the distance until they were out of sight.
Then when I got down to Swan Creek by the Safeway I saw that they had tried to make the right turn short of the traffic light by the gas station and had wrecked out on the curb. The car wasn't smashed or anything, but the wheels/ suspension was messed up and disabled. The doors where open so I figured they had bailed, and the police car was sitting behind them with no officer in sight as they were likely giving a foot chase. So I went about my way relieved that no one was injured in a major crash. A bit latter I heard a chopper flying around after I got to my destination near-by, so they were likely stills searching for them.
So does anyone know anything about what happened? The police will usually break off a chase, especially in heavy traffic to prevent a crash. The fact that they didn't makes me think they were wanted for something really major. It didn't look like a Prince Georges County Police car. I couldn't see exactly, but it was either the Country Sherriff or a Municipality police.
Things are crazy out here Fam!
Posted May 11, 2026, 5:25 AM UTC