Posts Tagged ‘crash’
Motorcycle crash claims 2 lives near Dover
Two people were killed when a motorcycle lost control and crashed near Dover. According to the Delaware State Police Department, the incident occurred shortly before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, as a 2001 Suzuki Katana 600 motorcycle was traveling eastbound on Voshells Mill Star Hill Road east of Burton Drive in front of the Star Hill Elementary…
Read MoreBicyclist in critical condition following serious crash in Frankford
Delaware State Police are investigating a serious crash near Frankford. According to Delaware State Police, the crash occurred around 12:30 p.m. Sunday, as a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee was traveling eastbound on Burbage Road just east of East Sherwood Drive. A bicyclist was headed eastbound on Burbage Road in the same vicinity when, for unknown…
Read MoreHarbeson Crash leaves 1 Dead, 2 Injured
UPDATED – 9/1/19 – Delaware State Police have released the name of the New Jersey man killed in the crash in Harbeson as 79 year old John Acken. ======================================================== A crash between a tractor trailer and Subaru Outback Friday afternoon at Indian Mission and Beaver Dam Roads has left a 79 year old New Jersey…
Read MoreSeveral Coastal Highway Overhead Street Lamps Are Dark
After last week’s pedestrian accident that left a local man dead after he was struck by a state police SUV on Coastal Highway, it became apparent that about a dozen overhead street lamps were dark along the section of Coastal Highway between Rehoboth Avenue-Extended and the Dewey Beach town limits. This stretch of Coastal Highway…
Read MoreUPDATED: Crash Saturday Night Near Roxana Leaves 1 Dead, 4 Injured
UPDATED 8-19-19 – Delaware State Police have identified the name of the聽driver who died in a crash on August 17 on Gum Road near the intersection of Roxanna Road / Route 17 west of Roxana as 74-year-old聽Rosemary Amato聽0f Weston, OH. ========================================== The crash continues remains under investigation by the Collision Reconstruction Unit. An Ohio woman…
Read MoreUPDATED: 3 Vehicle Crash Near Long Neck Leaves One Dead
UPDATED 8/16/19 – 3pm – The investigation into Thursday鈥檚 crash near the intersection of Routes 5 and 24, however Delaware State Police say 79 year old Gene Crone of Rehoboth Beach has died from his injuries at Christiana Hospital.聽 Police say Crone was聽 not properly restrained at the time of the crash, which involved two…
Read MoreUPDATED: Milton Man Dies in Crash on Route 9 Tuesday Morning
Harrington Woman Dies from Injuries after Route 14 Crash in July
A woman involved in a crash on Route 14 in Houston on July 29th 聽has died from her injuries.聽 Delaware State Police say a Jeep driven by 30 year old Chelsea Wooters of Harrington was westbound on Route 14 near Bloomfield Drive when she missed a curve and went off the road and struck a…
Read MoreLaurel Woman Arrested for 5th Offense DUI
A Laurel woman has been charged after a crash Thursday in Frankford at Berry Street and Route 113. Delaware State Police say 60 year old Gloria Smith failed to stop at the stop sign and collided with a truck. Police smelled alcohol on Smith and a DUI investigation was started. A computer check showed that…
Read MoreUPDATED: Crash in Milton Leaves NJ Man Dead
UPDATED – 7/30/19 – Delaware State Police have identified the man who was killed in a crash early Monday morning on Chestnut Street聽in the town limits of Milton, as 48-year-old聽George Berkowitz聽of Hamburg, NJ. The crash remains under investigation. ===================================================== A crash just before 1 Monday morning in Milton has left an New Jersey man dead.…
Read MoreFugitive Chase from Salisbury Ends at Unoccupied House near Blades
Lewes Woman Dies after May Crash in Harbeson
A Lewes woman injured in a crash at Route 5 and Cool Spring Road near Harbeson has died from her injuries. Delaware State Police say 87 year old Hella Lachman was a passenger in Honda that entered the intersection into the path of a Chevy Suburban. Both the driver and passenger were properly restrained and…
Read MoreSalisbury Man Charged after Powellville Crash
A single vehicle crash early this morning on Mount Hermon Road at Sayers Lane in Powellville resulted in charges for a Salisbury man.聽 Maryland State Police say 50 year old Samuel Gill lost control of his Honda and struck several mailboxes before going into a ditch and overturning several times.聽 Gill was taken to PRMC…
Read MoreSalisbury Woman Hospitalized After Struck by Vehicle Monday Night
A Salisbury women is hospitalized after a crash Monday night just after 9pm at Route 13 north of Naylor Mill Road. Maryland State Police continue to investigate, but say a 75 year old woman was trying to cross northbound Route 13 when she was struck by a car driven by 33 year old Aisha Batool…
Read MoreCrash on Salisbury Bypass Leaves Pasadena Man Dead
A crash just before 9 Saturday night on the Salisbury Bypass has left a Pasadena man dead and a woman injured. Maryland State Police say 19 year old Nicholas Reidell lost control of his pickup truck near Jersey Road and left the right side of the road and struck two trees. He was ejected and…
Read MoreMilford Woman Charged with 5th DUI after Shawnee Road Crash
Teens Injured in Dewey Jet-Ski Crash
Two 17-year-old males were injured yesterday, one seriously, after the personal watercraft they were riding collided in the Rehoboth Bay around 12:45 p.m. Sgt. Brooke Mitchell, Delaware Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police spokeswoman, says both were taken to the hospital where one was admitted in stable but serious condition.聽 The other was treated and…
Read MoreMilton Teen Charged in Head-on Crash
A 15 year old from Milton is charged after a crash Saturday night on Cedar Creek Road just north of Isaacs Road. Delaware State Police say that just before 10 a vehicle driven by the Milton teen was northbound on Cedar Creek Road when it veered across the center line and collided head on with…
Read MoreUPDATED & BREAKING: Driver that Caused Fatal Fiery Crash in OC Identified
UPDATED – 11:30am –聽 One person is dead after a crash on Coastal Highway in Ocean City just after 1 Friday morning.聽 Ocean City Police continue to investigate but say they were called about a drunk driver and located the vehicle in the area of 59th Street, but the driver failed to stop and police…
Read MoreSussex County Council Approves BOA & P&Z Appointments & Remembers Paramedic Callaway
While the FY 2020 budget was the primary piece of business before the Sussex County Council this week, there was other business that needed attention as well. The council heard from the Director of Development for the Sussex Academy Foundation, Gina Derrickson, about a Hot Air Balloon Festival that they’re bringing to the county airport…
Read MoreDUI Charges After Wicomico County Crash Friday
Ellendale Woman Cited After Crash
A crash Friday evening just before 6pm on Beach Highway near Mennonite School Road left an Ellendale woman with minor injuries.聽 Delaware State Police tell WGMD the 31 year old woman鈥檚 vehicle went off the side of the road and into a ditch where it overturned, struck a fence and came to rest on its…
Read MoreUPDATED: Thursday Crash on Old Furnace Road Leave Rehoboth Man Dead
UPDATED – 6:30am – A 73 year old Rehoboth Beach man is dead after a head-on crash Thursday afternoon west of Georgetown.聽 Delaware State Police continue to investigate, but say the man was driving a mini-van registered as a taxi was eastbound on Old Furnace Road with two passengers.聽 For an unknown reason, the mini…
Read MoreTwo Seriously Injured in Early Morning Crash in Millsboro
A crash between a tractor trailer and Dodge Caliber occurred at 2:17am on Route 24 and Gravel Hill Road.聽 Delaware State Police tell WGMD the driver of the Caliber, a 19-year-old male from Lincoln and a 17 year old male passenger from Millsboro were both seriously injured and both were transported to Christiana Hospital.聽聽 Police…
Read More4 Cars Involved in Sunday Rollover Crash in Georgetown
Delaware State Police are investigating after 4 vehicles were involved in a Sunday afternoon crash on Seashore Highway in Georgetown. Officials say the incident took place around 4 p.m. on Sunday with four vehicles involved, one of which rolled over, and one passenger entrapped. Officials say that person was extricated and taken to a local…
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