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Driver Causes Rollover Crash While Looking Down At Phone, Salem Police Say

SALEM (CBS) – Police say a driver rolled over his car after looking down at his phone in Salem early Sunday morning.

It happened around 2 a.m. on Lafayette Street.

Officers found one vehicle on its roof and another with damage from the crash.

The driver of the vehicle on its roof was identified as a 23-year-old man from Peabody. Police said he told officers he was looking down at his phone and crashed.

Two people in the other car had non-life threatening injuries and were taken to an area hospital.

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