---
title: "Suspected Drunk Driver Manages to Run Himself Over While Fleeing Police"
description: "When John Lennon sang \"Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you off your feet,\" chances are he wasn't thinking about accidentally running yourself over with your own car while fleeing police."
date: "2018-03-07"
modified: "2018-03-07"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/19070/suspected-drunk-driver-manages-to-run-himself-over-while-fleeing-police"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Crime"
  - "drunk"
  - "DWI"
  - "police"
  - "police chase"
  - "Virginia"
---

# Suspected Drunk Driver Manages to Run Himself Over While Fleeing Police

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When John Lennon sang "Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you off your feet," chances are he wasn't thinking about accidentally running yourself over with your own car while fleeing police. But it's probably the only appropriate soundtrack to this new video of a [drunk driving](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17834/dui-suspect-uses-tesla-autopilot-as-a-defense-during-arrest>) suspect in Virginia doing exactly that.

[Police in Fairfax County say](<https://www.facebook.com/fairfaxcountypolice/videos/1917189498323178/>) 30-year-old Isaac Bonsu fled a traffic stop early Sunday morning and eventually drove down a dead-end residential street in Alexandria, Virginia. The cruiser dash cam video shows Bonsu realize his mistake, pull halfway over, and hop out. Unfortunately, he also forgets to put the transmission in Park, and the car immediately [rolls forward](<https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/17384/watch-as-this-kia-jumps-over-a-passing-car-at-a-drive-through-atm>) and knocks him down as he runs in front to escape on foot.

It's a [solid hit,](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17670/somehow-this-guy-crashed-into-the-2nd-floor-of-a-building>) but you can just barely make out Bonsu hopping back up to continue his getaway, now with an officer in hot pursuit. Police later arrested him after what's described as a "brief" foot chase, and he was reportedly uninjured.

Though getting smacked by your own car and immortalized on the internet is a decent punishment for drunk driving, [*WJLA News* reports](<https://wjla.com/news/local/man-charged-with-drunk-driving-got-hit-by-his-own-car-while-fleeing-police-officials-say>) authorities still slapped Bonsu with a slew of charges including his third DWI, driving on a revoked license, and marijuana possession.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

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