PIKE CREEK VALLEY, DELAWARE (12/2/2014) The driver of a car that struck a gas line that set off a fire and destroyed two townhomes has been cited by police.
Bharat Kothari, 67, who was not injured in the collision Monday near his home on Lower Valley Lane in the Green Valley community, was cited with inattentive driving, New Castle County police said. They said drugs and alcohol were not factors in the crash. Kothari was driving a 2002 Lexus sedan.
One resident was taken to Christiana Hospital for treatment of smoke inhalation. Three families were displaced by the fire.