Drunk driver found in ditch facing sixth DUI charge

MILFORD, DE- According to the Delaware State Police, a Milford man who was found by police drunk inside his vehicle after it crashed into a ditch was charged with DUI and driving while suspended. It was his sixth DUI offense.

At approximately 5:08 p.m., troopers responded to the 25000 block of Bethesda Road regarding a man who was disorderly and apparently drunk.

“When troopers arrived, they learned that the man, identified as Douglas Hall, had just fled from the yard on foot and returned to his Jeep, which he had driven into a nearby ditch,:” DSP said in a statement. “Troopers found the Jeep and contacted Hall as he was seated in his vehicle. Troopers detected signs of impairment with Hall and conducted a DUI investigation.”

Jeff Jones
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