CHESAPEAKE, Va. — A person is starting off 2026 behind bars after police in Chesapeake say they drove the wrong way on U.S. 168, causing multiple crashes in the process, on Wednesday night.
51-year-old Daniel Tucker was taken into custody following the incident, according to Chesapeake police. He faces multiple charges, including a count of driving while intoxicated.
Multiple calls for this incident came in a little after 8:30 p.m., according to police.
Virginia state Senator Christie New Craig said her family was almost hit by Tucker on Wednesday night.
"We escaped, let's call [911] before he hits somebody. Unknown to us, we drove just a couple of hundred feet, and he had already hit three people,"New Craig said.
New Craig told News 3 she was heading home after an early New Year's Eve dinner with her family when, all of a sudden, next to exit 8A, her husband, who was driving, swerved.
She said he was trying to avoid a truck that was coming head-on, and she immediately called 911 and tried to help the other drivers who were hit.
"Probably four, five, or six officers arrived to render assistance, and we were talking to the officers giving our statement, and they said we apprehended the gentleman around Battlefield Boulevard, and he probably hit another 8 to 9 vehicles."
No serious injuries were reported as a result of the incident, according to Chesapeake police.
