Oakton Man Jumps Into I-66 Traffic

An Oakton man has been charged in a Monday night incident in which he leaped onto cars in oncoming traffic, leaving the scene of a car accident on Interstate 66, NBC4 reports.

Corbin G. Shannon, 21, of Oakton has been charged with destruction of property, reckless driving, pedestrian on the interstate and interfering with passing vehicles on a highway.

Around 6:15 p.m. Monday, Virginia State Police were called to a two-vehicle crash in which a Honda sitting in the right shoulder of westbound I-66 near Exit 147 reportedly swerved into traffic, where it collided with a van, NBC reports.

As the driver of the van started to approach him to check on his condition, Shannon ran out into the westbound traffic and jumped on four vehicles traveling westbound, police said. The windshield of the first vehicle he leaped onto was damaged.

When police arrived, Shannon was found in the left shoulder of the highway and taken to Fairfax Inova Hospital. Illegal drugs and alcohol are not factors in the cause of the incident, officials said.