DSP Arrest Man After Crashing Car and Injuring Passengers

GREENWOOD, Del. – Delaware State Police have arrested a man in connection with a single-vehicle crash that occurred on Friday night.

At approximately 11:21 p.m. on Sept. 26,  troopers responded to a crash on the 6500 block of Hickman Road. Upon arriving on the scene, troopers contacted 27-year-old Ivory Brown of Harrington, identified as the driver of a Ford Edge, involved in the crash. While speaking to him, troopers smelled an odor of alcoholic beverages and observed other signs of impairment. Brown was treated by EMS but reportedly refused transport to the hospital. After failing Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, he was taken into custody without incident.

A preliminary investigation into the crash revealed that the Ford was traveling on Hickman Road when it exited the roadway, entered a ditch, and overturned an unknown number of times. As a result, two of the five passengers in the car were ejected.

Two of the passengers in the car, a 27-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman, both from Milford, Delaware, were taken to an area hospital with serious injuries. The other passengers, two 19-year-old men, and a six-year-old child, were taken to an area hospital with minor injuries.

Brown was taken to Troop 5, where he was charged with first and second degree vehicular assault and driving under the influence. He was committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $10,402 secured bond.

This crash was the second DUI-related crash in Greenwood in the span of less than one hour on Friday.