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Drunk, Wrong Way Driver Strikes State Trooper In Virginia Beach

On Tuesday morning, a drunk driver drove the wrong way down Interstate 264 in Virginia Beach and hit an oncoming Virginia State Police vehicle as well as a car full of teenagers. Now, the man is charged with two counts of felony hit and run, one count of driving the wrong way, and one count of drunk driving. The car accident happened at around one in the morning.

Virginia State Police Trooper Lee White was driving eastbound down I-264 when he saw 44-year-old Cleveland Robertson of Hampton, Virginia, driving westbound the wrong way down the highway. The drunk driver hit a Chevy Malibu filled with minors and then struck the Virginia state cruiser - stopping for neither accident.

"The first felony hit and run is where he struck the Chevy Malibu, continued going, did not stop for that accident, continued going and he struck the Trooper's vehicle and he continued going," said Sgt. Michelle Cotton, a spokesperson for the Virginia State Police.

White got out of his car following the accident and apprehended Robertson, whose damaged car had slowed to a stop. Robertson was intoxicated and confused, but had not been injured in either crash. He was pulled out of the car by White and fell to the ground. Authorities later learned that Robertson had spent the night drinking.

Two people in the Malibu were taken to the hospital with minor car accident injuries. Trooper White was sore from the crash but uninjured.

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