BRIDGEVILLE, Del.- Delaware State Police say a Lincoln man is facing vehicular homicide, DUI and related charges in connection with a Monday night crash that left a 40-year-old woman dead in Bridgeville.
Police said it happened shortly after 6 p.m. when a 1999 Jeep Cherokee was traveling southbound on Chaplains Chapel Road south of Deer Forest Road and negotiating a slight curve in the roadway. Police said that meantime, a 2005 Nissan Altima was traveling northbound on Chaplains Chapel Road in the same general vicinity. According to police, for unknown reasons the driver of the Cherokee entered the northbound lane and struck the Altima nearly head-on.
Troopers said the driver of the Cherokee, 32-year-old Dustin R. Westwood, from Lincoln, was properly restrained and declined medical treatment. He was transported back to Troop 5 where he was charged with the following:
- First-degree vehicular homicide (felony)
- Driving While Suspended or Revoked
- Driving a Vehicle Under the Influence of Drug
- Failure to Have Insurance Identification in Possession
- Failed to remain within a single lane
Westwood was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace Court and committed to the Sussex Correctional Institution on $55,001 cash only bond.
Police said the driver of the Altima, a 40-year-old woman from Bridgeville, was not properly restrained and pronounced deceased at the scene. Her name is being withheld at this time pending the notification of next of kin.
Chaplains Chapel Road between Deer Forest and Russell roads was closed for approximately three-and-a-half hours while the crash was investigated and cleared.