MARTINSBURG, W.Va. – A suspected drunken driver was arrested in a New Year’s Day highway crash that killed another motorist in West Virginia, police said.
The accident occurred early Wednesday along southbound Interstate 81 in Berkeley County, The Journal reported.
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Cody Wade Braithwaite, 32, of Winchester, Virginia, was charged with DUI with death, fleeing DUI, and being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and a fugitive from justice, Berkeley County Sheriff Curtis Keller said.
Keller said a deputy investigating calls about a reckless driver attempted to make a traffic stop, but the suspect's vehicle sped up and hit a car, which then struck a guardrail. The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver's name was not immediately released.
The suspect's vehicle also hit a deputy's cruiser before being stopped, Keller said.
Braithwaite was being held without bond in the Eastern Regional Jail. It wasn’t immediately known whether Braithwaite has an attorney.