MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE (8/6/2016) A crash with an overturned SUV jammed traffic on Route 1 near Middletown and Odessa for about 2½ hours this afternoon and sent two people to a hospital, Delaware State Police said.
Odessa firefighters were dispatched to the single-vehicle crash near Pine Tree Road at 3:46 p.m.
Police said Danielle R. Cain, 27, of Dover, was driving a 2001 Ford Escape southbound when the SUV entered the median and overturned several times.
A front-seat passenger, Jonese Y. Seymore, 58, of Dover, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the vehicle.
The SUV came to a stop in the middle of the northbound lanes of Route 1.
Cain was flown by Delaware State Police helicopter to Christiana Hospital in Stanton.
Seymore was taken to the hospital by ambulance.
Police did not release details on their injuries.
Both northbound lanes and the left southbound lane were closed while police investigated and the wreckage was cleared.
The crash remains under investigation and no charges have been filed.