Shoppers at the National Mall in Washington D.C. dropped their bags as they jumped out of the way of a speeding Jeep. A driver went for a joy ride, doing donuts and kicking up dirt as he was chased by a police officer on a motorcycle.

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

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.