A man was arrested Tuesday night after crashing his truck and leading Prince George’s County Police on a chase down Rossburg Drive. 

According to witnesses, the man drove across a grassy area between Guilford and Hartwick Roads at about 6 p.m. He then clipped the corner of Rossburg and Hartwick and spun out, witnesses said, striking several cars on Rossburg and folding the front left wheel of his white pickup truck. A police officer stationed near the intersection approached the suspect when the truck came to rest on the front yard of a Knox Box. 

An officer at the scene who declined to give his name said an open warrant was out for the man’s arrest, but he could not confirm any details regarding the warrant. The suspect attempted to flee first in his vehicle, then on foot, before he was ultimately tased, tackled and arrested with the help of civilians, the officer said.

“The guy yelled, ‘I give up, I give up’ a couple of times, threw open the door and still managed to run away,” said Scott Arey, a junior criminology and criminal justice major and Knox Box resident. 

Police found a knife on the suspect and multiple ferrets in and around the vehicle, none of which appeared to be injured in the accident. Police called animal control to remove the animals from the cab of the truck. 

Officers at the scene said they could not confirm any details about the suspect.

“Was it unique? Yes. Ironic? Yes,” the officer said. 

Scott Nystuen, a junior finance and international business major and Knox Box resident, said he came outside after hearing the commotion. 

“It was like someone was doing donuts,” he said. “Then an ambulance came, and he was just sitting on the ground for like 10 minutes.”

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT in reader-submitted video by senior criminology and criminal justice major Alex Unger.