UPDATED STORY: Police identify victim
MILLTOWN, DELAWARE (11/14/2015) A 59-year-old man was struck and killed on westbound Kirkwood Highway this evening, Delaware State Police said.
The pedestrian accident happened shortly before 6 p.m. at the Delaware Park entrance drive.
Police said the man was attempting to cross the westbound lanes of Kirkwood Highway (Route 2) but ignored the no-crossing signal at the crosswalk and wasn’t carrying a light.
He was struck by a 2006 Honda Accord, driven by Ronald Niblett, in the right lane. The pedestrian was vaulted over the roof of the vehicle, police said, and landed in the roadway.
The 59-year-old was taken by ambulance to Christiana Hospital, where he was pronounced dead from his injuries.
His name is being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.
Niblett, who stopped his car at the scene, was not injured.
The westbound lanes of Kirkwood Highway (Route 2) were closed about 2 hours as police investigated.