UPDATE: Local new outlets have the story that Poke was captured just before 4 p.m. in Prince George’s County and is in police custody, while CNN.com says he was shot dead during a shoot-out with police. UPDATE: Indeed, everyone is now reporting that Poke was shot by police during his capture and pronounced dead at the hospital. *** Police across the D.C. and Baltimore region are searching for Kelvin Poke, pictured right, a 45-year-old…

A DCist operative in Northern Virginia snapped this photo of drivers at their wit’s end taking action to bypass backed-up traffic headed north on Interstate 95 between Occoquan and Lorton. Apparently, with no entry to the D.C.-bound HOV express lanes in sight, Sunday drivers decided to conquer the median to cross into the HOV lanes. (For those HOV purists, please note that on the weekends, the HOV lanes are normally always open to single-occupant…