A Middletown man faces felony charges after police say he drove his Dodge Ram pickup truck into several vehicles on Rehoboth Avenue before crashing into a sidewalk pole.

Martin Tuohy, 45, turned himself in to Rehoboth Beach police July 19 where he was charged with felony fourth offense driving under the influence, two counts of felony first-degree reckless endangering, one count of felony first-degree vehicular assault, three counts of misdemeanor second-degree vehicular assault and leaving the scene of an accident. Tuohy was arraigned at Justice of the Peace Court 2 and released on $16,250 unsecured bond pending a preliminary hearing July 26 in Sussex County Court of Common Pleas.

Rehoboth Beach Police Chief Keith Banks said the investigation is continuing and there could be more charges. He said anyone with additional information can contact Detective Tyler Whitman at (302) 524-1391. Submit tips through Delaware Crime Stoppers by calling 800-847-3333, online at delaware.crimestoppersweb.com or at cityofrehoboth.com/form/government/departments/police/submit-crime-tip.

When asked why it took nearly two weeks to file charges, Banks said investigations into serious crashes take time because of the number of interviews, hospital reports and other documents that must be reviewed.

“It's not uncommon for these serious crashes to take time,” he said.

He said Rehoboth police reached out to the Attorney General's Office to help with the investigation and offer their input.

“We wanted to make sure there isn't anything else that we needed to add to the charges,” Banks said. “This all takes time to do the investigation and paperwork. We wanted to make sure there wasn't anything we needed to add.”

Tuohy was identified by Rehoboth police on July 14 as the driver of a blue Dodge Ram pickup truck that plowed into seven other cars along Rehoboth Avenue a week earlier, on July 7.

Following the crash, five people, including Tuohy, were taken to the hospital where they were treated for their injuries and released

Riddle gave the following account of the crash:

The crash began about 6 p.m. when Tuohy tried to back out of a parking space on the north side of Rehoboth Avenue east of Second Street. While backing out, the truck collided with another vehicle that was westbound on Rehoboth Avenue. Tuohy then tried to drive away from the crash, but he lost control and collided with four cars parked along the median. Although heavily damaged, the pickup continued across Rehoboth Avenue westbound, striking the curb along the north shoulder, a bike rack and then two vehicles that were driving at the intersection of Rehoboth Avenue and Second Street. The pickup truck struck a pole and came to rest on the sidewalk in front of the Sandcastle Motel, on the north side of Rehoboth Avenue.

No pedestrians were struck by any of the vehicles involved in the collision, Riddle said.

Following the crash, Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Co. spokesman Warren Jones said he had never seen a crash like this one on Rehoboth’s busiest street.

“He was going pretty fast to cause that kind of damage,” Jones said. “It's amazing that no pedestrian got hurt considering the number of people walking around on the Avenue in July.”