Dover, DE : DUI charge pending after Slate Belt rollover crash on Thursday, December 29th 2016

A 29-year-old New York City man appeared intoxicated on Thursday afternoon after crashing a 2000 Mitsubishi Montero on North Delaware Drive in Upper Mount Bethel Township, Pennsylvania State Police report.

The man, who police did not name, is expected to be charged with driving under the influence of a controlled substance once toxicology tests are returned, police said.

The man was driving north at 4:58 p.m. at Slateford Road when he lost control of the SUV on the wet road and rolled it, police said.

He was taken to Pocono Medical Center for treatment of injuries and a blood draw, police said.

Passengers Lisa Tejada, 22, of New York City, a 8-year-old boy from Hazleton and a 7-year-old girl from New York City were not hurt, police said.

The driver was not wearing a seat belt, police said.

"Upon receiving the toxicology results back, both criminal and summary charges will be filed," in District Judge Alicia Rose Zito's court in Bangor, police said.

The man was taken to the hospital by Suburban EMS, and the township fire department assisted at the scene, police said.

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DUI charge pending after Slate Belt rollover crash