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One Family's Tragedy from Drunk Driving | Richmond News
A Virginia family’s devastating Fourth of July tragedy — a drunk driver killed Mary Ellen Whitfield and two others — underscores a grim reality: alcohol fuels over 31,000 crashes and 1,200 deaths in Virginia since 2020. With 73 DUI arrests and 11 lives lost during last year’s Independence Day, Whitfield’s daughter Kelly Curtin now fights to prevent more heartbreak, urging everyone to choose safe transportation. Her story, now being turned into a book, is a raw, urgent plea: don’t drive drunk — your life, and someone else’s, depends on it. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow…
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