Location: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Sharptown Road (SR24) and West Street, Laurel, DE
Date of Occurrence: Saturday July 21, 2012 at approximately 11:42 p.m.
Operator and Vehicle Information:
Albert R. Brittingham, 54, Laurel, DE
2002 Oldsmobile Aurora
Resume:
Laurel, DE- The Delaware State Police is investigating a late night crash that sent one man to a local hospital.
The incident occurred around 11:43 p.m. Saturday night as Albert R. Brittingham, 54, of Laurel, DE was operating a 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora in a northeasterly direction on Sharptown Road (SR24) approaching West Street in Laurel. As Brittingham was entering a slight left curve, his vehicle continued straight into Odd Fellows Cemetery where it struck numerous grave sites. The vehicle then overturned and caught fire. Brittingham, who was properly restrained, was pulled from the wreckage and later transported to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital with minor non-life-threatening injuries.
Brittingham was cited by Troopers for Inattentive Driving and No Proof of Insurance.
Estimates of the damage to the gravesites are unknown.
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How was he only charged with Inattentive Driving? How about reckless driving? It's a great (and surprising) thing that he wasn't severely injured, but the speed limit in that area is 25mph. There is no way, he could have traveled that far into that cemetery and flipped the vehicle if he was anywhere close to obeying the speed limit. Again, I'm glad he was not majorly injured but I think it needs to be looked in to a little more. Also, who is going to pay to repair the graves if he had no insurance?? Some of those were very old.
ReplyDeleteHe must have been dying to get in there.
ReplyDeleteHe had a sugar attack! It wasn't something he could help!
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