Of those eight crashes, five of them involve another civilian driver being struck as well. In total across the eight, more than a dozen cars have been damaged.
As police increase patrols this Fourth of July weekend, a Virginia Beach man is raising awareness about the dangers of impaired driving after his brother was killed by a drunk driver.
Virginia Beach makes about 5% of the total population in the state, but in 2019 they accounted for more than 9% of the DUI convictions statewide and 8% of DUI cases in 2020 and 2021.
Mike Goodove holds on tight to a picture of him and his younger brother Jeffrey at the University of Virginia in 1990. It’s the last photo ever taken of the pair.