police say elmer king ran his car into a minivan. all of them went crashing into the travelers hotel just inside the beltway. no one was seriously hurt. the motel was a different story. blunt's has ---- family has owned the hotel for six years. >> we will try our best to bounce back. is just a matter what happens. leon: elmer king was charged with a class one misdemeanor for aggressive driving. maureen: there were some scary moments in fairfax county this morning as police tried to track down a driver who fled a traffic stop. it happened or the fairfax county parkway. and officer responding to the scene escaped serious injury when another vehicle struck his cruiser. at the time they were looking for the suspect who it fled on foot. he was caught later thanks to a k 19. -9 team. police and released surveillance pictures of two persons of interest. it happened tuesday afternoon in the 5000 block of bennett road southeast. that's where a 19-year-old was fatally shot. if you know anything about the case, please call police. next at 6:00,

reporter: the driver of the corolla is elmer king of alexandria. thanking god nobody got hurt or killed. reporter: we spoke to him before he get details. was is a run rate situation? -- road rage situation? >> knows her. -- no, sir. reporter: she had just cleaning the room next to this one. >> i saw the car coming to the parking lot. i was like, oh my god. carolyn was standing right next to this room as it happened. you can imagine how shocked and scared she was. the driver of the corolla, elmer king has been charged with a first-class misdemeanor for aggressive driving. this hotel, the travelers hotel has been here for 50 years -- more than 60 years along route one. this was a dramatic day. we will hear from them coming up at 6:00 about what they will do about rebuilding and moving forward. jeff goldberg, abc 7 news. leon: unbelievable. covering metro tonight, we have were that orange and silver line trains are resuming stops at the armory station this monday. and those trains still without a running quite as frequently. that announcement coming j

the road rage victim said elmer king got angry when he wouldn't let him cut in. it ended when king hit the victim and another car and jumped the curb into the hotel parking lot. no one in the cars or inside the hotel was seriously hurt. the hotel suffered damage to its structure. >>> in prince georges county loved ones and police are desperately searching for a woman who somehow mysteriously disappeared from the bw parkway. scott broom reports that the family fears time is running out. >> reporter: wire's family says it is unlikely she can survive longer without a kidney dialysis treatment. >> we just need to bring her home because the more time she's out there, it's sad. we need to find her and bring her home as soon as possible. >> reporter: today u.s. park police turned to horses to expand the search area for the 46 year old. scouring the parkway road side near the exit with route 197. her husband charles explained his wife cannot go much longer without treatment for kidney failure. >> this is a crucial time right now. >> she would never wander off. this is no

driving this silver dodge and said it started near richmond highway and duke street. 50-year-old elmer king who was driving a toyota corolla got upset when he wouldn't let him over. >> i said what's your problem? he was shooting me the bird and doing the gun signal. >> roger enriquez says king hit a lexus while chasing densen right near the intersection of hunt road. >> they both continued and went off the driveway into the private property of the hotel. >> reporter: that's when densen hit the park the honda that crashes through one room while king's corolla collided near the hotel lobby. >> one of the maids just came out of the room, fortunately, before it was struck. >> reporter: he's thankful no one was hurt, but because of the damage, he says it's possible he may be forced to close down. >> forced retirement and it's a case if you can't do business then you're out of business. >> reporter: fairfax county police say king has been charged with aggressive driving. as for the owner of this motel, he tells us he's waiting on the county to determine the next step. doreen? >> meagan fitzgerald

reporter: that was elmer king of alexandria. he has been charged and cited with a first-degree misdemeanor for aggressive driving. a lot more details and reactions to what happened here, including a woman who was cleaning that room and walked outside just as this was happening. and unbelievable story. more of that coming up at 5:00. live in the alexandria section of fairfax county, jeff goldberg. leon: a body found in dupont circle. stephen tschida is live. was this foul play or natural causes? reporter: we don't know yet jonathan. we know the call came in at around 11:30 this morning about an unconscious man inside a hotel room here at the dupont circle hotel. we have investigators on the scene at this time. throughout the day guests were coming and going. some of them unaware of what it taken place here. again, i just spoke with one of the police officers elected in the hotel about five minutes ago. i said what can you tell me? he said they are still on the scene and trying to determine what took place, what led to this man's

his name is elmer king. he has been charged with aggressive driving. >> to have someone getting next to you, flicking the bird, pointing a gun sign at you, all of those things are crazy. >> reporter: he was dodging a dodge durango with his 2-year- old son in the back. king in the toyotaa got angry when he would not let him in. they follow -- toyotaa got angry when he would not let him in. >> there -- toyota got angry when he would not let him in. you can not make a turn. instead of doing that he tries to cut over in front of me. >> reporter: the lady with a lexus stopped and she was hit by a car that latched on to the durango as he tried to get away the two cars jumped the curb and into the hotel parking lot. >> my car hit the parked car. that made me break lose from him and he hit the building. >> the car smashed through the left side of the hotel and the park honda that he hit crashed through the right side. >> i was thanking god i was alive. >> reporter: we are very, very lucky nobody was injured. not the

. >> bensen didn't let him over and that's when the driver, 50-year-old elmer king started chasing him. roger enriquez with fairfax county police says king hit a lexus near the intersection of fort hunt road before catching up to denten's dodge. >> they both accelerated to a fairly high rate of speed and they both continued, went off the roadway and went into the driveway here to the property of the hotel. >> bensen ends up taking out a pole, crashing into a parked car which goes through a motel room. enriquez says king's vehicle continued until his corolla crashes near the entrance of the motel. >> king has several minor traffic offenses on his record. today police charged him with aggressive driving. coming up at 6:00, hear from the 90-year-old owner of this motel who says because of this damage he might be forced to shut down. back to you. >> meagan, thank you. >> an unusual police pursuit took an even more bizarre turn in one neighborhood along the fairfax county parkway. a cruiser crashed as it followed the toyota that refused to stop. five people in that toyota bailed out and too