Smyrna – Delaware State Troopers arrested a New Jersey man for DUI after he crashed his vehicle into an embankment east of Smyrna,according to authorities.
Police said that around 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, Leroy P. Wooster, 28 of New Jersey, was driving northbound on Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway (SR 1) in the area of Black Diamond road. As Wooster attempted to change lanes form the left lane to right lane he lost control which resulted in his vehicle traveling into a ditch where he struck an embankment, police said.
Officials said the car continued over the embankment and struck the other side of ditch where his vehicle rolled multiple times and ended upright facing SR 1.
Wooster, who was not wearing his seat belt, was treated by paramedics and transported by the Delaware State Police Aviation Unit to the Christiana Hospital Trauma Center with serious but non-life threatening injuries.
Wooster was cited and later released after being charged with Driving a Vehicle Under the Influence of Alcohol, Failure to Have Insurance Identification in Possession, and Careless Driving.