At 5 p.m. Nov. 26, family and friends of Hannah Brown will gather with law enforcement officers and impaired driving prevention advocates in front of the County Building in Wailuku to kick off Maui County’s Impaired Driving Awareness Holiday Campaign.

The event will conclude with the seventh annual Hannah Brown Memorial Impaired Driving Awareness Checkpoint.

Brown died at 19 years old when she was riding as a passenger of a car hit by an impaired driver on the Kuihelani Highway, three miles north of the Honoapiilani Highway, in 2019.

The Maui Police Department is hosting the event in conjunction with the Hawaii Alcohol Policy Alliance, Maui Coalition for Drug-Free Youth, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Mothers Against Drunk Driving to try to change the mindset of people who drive impaired on drugs or alcohol.

“Every impaired driving fatality can be prevented,” MPD Lt. Kenneth Kihata said. “Each year, as we honor Hannah, especially with the holidays coming up, we hope it encourages people to stop and think before getting behind the wheel. Families like the Browns, and many others across Maui, still suffer the heartbreaking and preventable loss of loved ones because of drunk driving.”