Michael Steven Higgins

Pursuit

At 12:53 a.m., a trooper was pursuing a suspected impaired driver when the trooper lost control of his other in a curve. The patrol other traveled off the roadway onto the shoulder, striking a utility pole and two large trees, killing Michael Steven Higgins, a passenger in the patrol other. Higgins, a senior at East Carolina University, was participating in the Highway Patrol's college internship program while working on a major in criminal justice.