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Durham man found guilty of murder in fatal DWI crash
A jury convicted a Durham man Wednesday of second-degree murder in a fatal drunken driving crash two years ago.
Posted — UpdatedDURHAM, N.C. — A jury convicted a Durham man Wednesday of second-degree murder in a fatal drunken driving crash two years ago.
Darryl Brooks, 43, was sentenced to 27 to 35 years in prison.
Brooks rear-ended a car driven by 53-year-old Kelwin Biggs on Fayetteville Road in March 2015, and Biggs' car then collided head-on with another vehicle.
Authorities said Brooks was drunk at the time, and he had a previous impaired driving conviction.
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