NEWTON, NC (WBTV) - A Hickory man is facing charges after police say he crashed into mobile breathalyzer unit while driving drunk over the weekend.

According to police, officers were conducting a DWI checkpoint along U.S. Highway 321 Business on Sunday morning. The crash occurred shortly before 3 a.m. as officers were closing down the DWI checkpoint.

Newton Police told WBTV that 21-year-old Douglas Southard, of Hickory, was driving along the highway and plowed into the rear of a parked mobile testing lab, the B.A.T. mobile, which is built into a bus.

The RV-sized lab reportedly had a magistrate, several officers and two suspects caught by the DWI checkpoint inside when the accident occurred.

The accident reportedly caused approximately $4,000 in damage to Southard's vehicle and $10,000 to the B.A.T. mobile.

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - This coming month, 35 new laws are set to go into effect in North Carolina.

One in particular is a law that holds a person responsible if an unborn child is killed during an attack.

It is called the North Carolina Unborn Victims of Violence Act.

When former Carolina Panther Rae Carruth faced conspiracy charges in the death of his then pregnant girlfriend Cherika Adams, she was the only victim in the crime, according to state law.

Jeff Gerber is big supporter of the new law.

"Rae Carruth would have most likely been charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit murder versus one,"he said. "Rae Carruth's intention was not only to murder Cherika Adams but their unborn child Chancellor as well in order to avoid paying child support."

For the last couple of years Gerber has been very vocal on his personal blog seeking passage of the bill protecting not only mothers, but the unborn as well.

BURKE COUNTY - A Conover man was arrested Monday after dumping meth and a gun from his pockets as he was running from officers, the Burke County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies went to a home in the 7800 block of Shoupe's Grove Church Road in Burke County to look for stolen property at the request of another agency.

According to the sheriff's office, two men ran from the house towards a wooded area once deputies arrived. As deputies chased them, one male started throwing items from his pockets.