NEWPORT, DELAWARE (10/17/2017) A tractor-trailer driver was cited for following too close after a multi-vehicle crash that closed southbound Interstate 495 near Newport for three hours Monday during the evening rush, Delaware State Police said.
The crash happened shortly before 4 p.m. at the southern junction with southbound Interstate 95.
Police said a 2015 Ford truck, towing a trailer, was southbound on I-495 in the center lane and slowing for traffic when it was rear-ended by a 2012 Freightliner tractor-trailer.
The impact forced the Ford into the left lane, where it struck a Dodge Ram pickup truck. The dodge, driven by a 48-year-old Wilmington man, struck a guardrail before coming to a stop.
The Ford overturned, with the trailer striking a Chevrolet Silverado pickup driven by a 42-year-old Newark man.
The driver of the Ford, a 57-year-old Felton man, was not injured, but a 40-year-old man riding in the front seat suffered minor injuries and was taken to Christiana Hospital in Stanton.
No other injuries were reported.
The driver of the tractor-trailer, cited for following too close, was identified as Irick Laverne, 45, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Police did not release the names of the others involved.
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