Rollover crash closes southbound Route 1

A crash Nov. 4 on Route 1 caused a van to flip over on its side.

The crash happened at 8:14 a.m. in the area of Old Postal Road, Lewes, when a Lewes woman, 27, driving a silver 2012 Ford Escape in the far right southbound lane was rearended by a white 2016 Ford Transit operated by a 40-year-old Wilmington man, said Master Cpl. Heather Pepper of the Delaware State Police.  After the collision, Pepper said, the Transit exited the roadway and struck a curb. The vehicle continued traveling into the grass and hit a stop sign before striking a light pole and rolling onto its right side where it came to an uncontrolled stop, she said. The Escape traveled counter clockwise across the southbound lanes before coming to an uncontrolled stop.  No one was injured, and the operator of the Transit was cited for inattentive driving.