STAFFORD COUNTY, VA – A Stafford man is behind bars after deputies say he crashed his car into a guardrail with three children and a pregnant woman inside, then tried to ditch a backpack filled with drugs.

The crash happened around 7:14 p.m. Thursday on Raven Road, according to the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office. Responding Deputy R.W. Stamm found a Ford with significant damage and made contact with the driver, Zachary Fields, 25, along with a pregnant passenger and three children.

Fields told deputies he had become distracted by an object under his feet and struck the guardrail. He admitted to not wearing a seatbelt. The three children were taken to a nearby hospital as a precaution, while the female passenger suffered minor injuries.

During the investigation, a bystander told deputi

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