US spy boss Bill Evanina cuffs man after car crashes into restaurant, explodes

LIKE the scene out of a movie, the US counterintelligence chief ended up handcuffing a suspect after a car rammed into the restaurant where he was having lunch and burst into flames.

National Counterintelligence Executive Bill Evanina was eating in the Silver Diner in McLean, Virginia, on Wednesday when a Hummer crashed into the building and caught fire, a US intelligence official said.

A video posted to YouTube shows a suited Evanina and his two luncheon companions dragging the driver away from the Hummer. The man is flipped over and Evanina, a former Federal Bureau of Investigation agent, kneels on his back and handcuffs him as sirens wail and flames leap from the car.

Fairfax County police said four people were injured, including the driver. A police spokeswoman said the man was in the hospital and no charges had been filed.