LAUREL, Del.- State troopers are investigating a late night car crash that sent one man to a hospital and damaged several gravesites.
Police say Albert R. Brittingham, 54, of Laurel was driving a 2002 Oldsmobile Aurora on Sharptown Rd. around 11:40 p.m. on Saturday. He was approaching West St. in Laurel, entering a slight curve in the road, when his vehicle continued straight in Odd Fellows Cemetery.
Police say the car hit several gravesites, before it overturned and caught fire.
Brittingham, who was properly restrained, was pulled from the wreckage and taken to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.
Troopers cited Brittingham for inattentive driving and no proof of insurance.
Estimates of damage to the grave sites in Odd Fellows Cemetery are unknown.
