Wilmington Man Arrested After Hit-and-Run Injures Pedestrian, Faces Fourth DUI Charge

Wilmington police have arrested a 57-year-old man after a hit-and-run crash left a 71-year-old pedestrian hurt Friday night.

Officers with the Wilmington Police Department’s Special Operations Traffic Unit answered a call around 9:33 p.m. on November 6 to the area of West 4th and Hawley Streets, where they found the 71-year-old man, who had been struck by a vehicle. He was taken to a nearby hospital in stable condition.

While officers were looking into that crash, they learned of a second hit-and-run nearby involving a parked vehicle at West 4th and North Rodney Streets.

Police later found the suspected vehicle in the 300 block of North Cleveland Avenue and took the driver, 57-year-old Kenneth Bailey of Wilmington, into custody without incident.

Bailey is charged with fourth-offense driving under the influence of alcohol and first-degree vehicular assault. He was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution on $4,500 secured bail.

Source: First State Update — https://firststateupdate.com/2026/11/man-injured-in-hit-and-run-driver-facing-4th-dui/