Pickup driver located in bicycle hit-and-run

Woodpecker Road at Old Carriage Road (Photo: Bing maps)
Woodpecker Road at Old Carriage Road (Photo: Bing maps)

SEAFORD, DELAWARE (10/20/2015) The driver of a pickup truck that struck a bicyclist in a hit-and-run crash west of Seaford has been located, Delaware State Police said Monday.

Investigators were contacted Monday by Justin J. Trice, 26, of Easton, Maryland. Police said he was driving a 1999 GMC Sonoma pickup truck that struck 17-year-old Melleca D. Butler Jr. on Thursday while he was riding a bicycle south on Woodpecker Road approaching Old Carriage Road.

Police said no charges have been filed and the investigation is continuing.

Butler remains hospitalized in critical condition, police said.

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