Pedestrians on the National Mall screamed and rushed out of the way as police say the driver did donuts and zigzags in an SUV.

A 30-year-old D.C. man was arrested after a Jeep was spotted driving erratically and doing 'donuts' on the crowded National Mall grass.

Ferdous Al-Faruque and his date were running late. It was their second date. They had tickets to Sally’s Night — an annual event honoring Sally Ride, the first American woman in space — on Saturday at the National Air and Space Museum and had just finished getting drinks at Penn Quarter Sports Tavern on the opposite side of the National Mall.