Bicycle, police car collide in Wilmington
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/30/2014) A juvenile bicyclist was reported taken to a hospital with minor injuries this afternoon following a collision with a city police car in Wilmington. The crash of […]
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4 hurt in crash on I-495 at I-95
NEWPORT, DELAWARE (12/30/2014) Four people were injured Monday evening in a rollover crash on southbound I-495 at the I-95 junction south of Wilmington, authorities said. The accident happened about 5:45 […]
Street closure set in Newark on Monday, Tuesday
NEWARK, DELAWARE (12/28/2014) Removal of a tree that poses a safety hazard will require the closure of East Delaware Avenue in Newark on Monday and Tuesday, DelDOT reports. The street […]
1 arrested, 2 flee after chase, crash in stolen car
PIKE CREEK, DELAWARE (12/28/2014) An 18-year-old man was arrested early today after he crashed a stolen car while being pursued by state police, authorities said. The incident began about midnight […]
SUV crashes into Hockessin nursing home; 2 hurt, 1 critically
HOCKESSIN, DELAWARE (12/24/2014) Two people were taken to a hospital this afternoon after an SUV crashed into the lobby of Cokesbury Village nursing home, authorities said. The incident happened about […]
5 hurt, 2 critically, in Route 1 crash near Smyrna
SMYRNA, DELAWARE (12/24/2014) Two people were critically injured and a third seriously hurt in a crash on Route 1 this afternoon in southern New Castle County, authorities said. Two others […]
Police: SUV cut off school bus before crash; 12 hurt
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE (12/23/2014) State police say a school bus driver swerved to avoid an SUV that cut her off before the bus hit a light pole in the parking […]
Bicyclist struck near Ellendale dies
ELLENDALE, DELAWARE (12/23/2014) A 64-year-old Ellendale man struck by a car while he was bicycling Friday died today of his injuries, state police said. Police said Collin Worth, who was not […]
Man walking dog is struck, killed in Camden
CAMDEN, DELAWARE (12/23/2014) A 55-year-old man walking his dog was fatally injured Monday night while crossing a street in front of Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, state police reported this morning. […]
Driver seriously injured when car overturns near Wilmington
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/23/2014) A 52-year-old man was trapped in his car and seriously injured after it overturned just south of the city limits this morning, authorities said. The crash reported […]
Woman struck while pushing out-of-gas car on Route 273
CHRISTIANA, DELAWARE (12/23/2014) A 52-year-old Newark woman was seriously injured when she was struck by a car when she was pushing her vehicle, which had run out of gas, while […]
Car plows into house; 4 injured
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/22/2014) Four people were injured this afternoon when a car crashed into a house on South Heald Street at D Street in Southbridge. A person in the house […]
Truck crash shears pole, shuts Route 4 in Stanton; power out
STANTON, DELAWARE (12/22/2014) A truck crashed into a utility pole about 8 a.m. today, shearing the pole and knocking down wires across West Newport Pike (Route 4) and closing […]
Man killed as car crashes through New Castle Airport fence
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (12/21/2014) A man died early today when his car crashed through a fence at New Castle Airport along U.S. 13. The victim, about 30 years old, was […]
I-95 lane closures set at Brandywine bridge
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/21/2014) Installation of an overhead sign structure for the I-95/U.S. 202 interchange near Wilmington will require I-95 lane closures overnight this week, DelDOT announced. Beginning 8 p.m. Tuesday until […]
Elderly woman struck, killed in St. Georges is identified
ST. GEORGES, DELAWARE (12/20/2014) A 78-year-old woman was struck by an SUV and killed while walking in the 900 block of Cox Neck Road tonight. State police identified the woman killed […]
Pedestrian critically injured in Christiana
CHRISTIANA, DELAWARE (12/20/2014) A 52-year-old woman was struck by a car and in critical condition this evening, authorities said. The accident happened as she was walking about 9:30 p.m. at […]
Bicyclist critically injured near Ellendale
ELLENDALE, DELAWARE (12/20/2014) A 64-year-old Ellendale man was critically injured Friday night when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle east of town, state police said. Collin Worth was […]
Crash topples poles on Concord Pike
TALLEYVILLE, DELAWARE (12/20/2014) A Pennsylvania man was ticketed by state police after a crash that brought down four electric poles on Concord Pike (U.S. 202) and kept the highway closed for […]
4 hurt in New Castle rollover crash
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (12/20/2014) Four people were injured early today when a car ran into a utility pole guy wire on Frenchtown Road (Route 273), causing the car to roll over […]
80-year-old man dies after SUV crash in Glasgow
GLASGOW, DELAWARE (12/19/2014) A passenger in an SUV that struck a guardrail on Route 896 last week has died of his injuries, state police say. Rafael S. Patino, 80, of […]
Harrington man charged with DUI after crash
HARRINGTON, DELAWARE (12/17/2014) A 19-year-old Harrington man was arrested on a DUI charge after he crashed his vehicle and left the scene, city police said today. The accident happened Tuesday […]
Weekend lane closure planned on I-95
NORTH WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/17/2014) A weekend lane closure is planned for bridge deck repairs on southbound I-95. The work on the bridge over Talley Road, northeast of Wilmington, will be […]
Woman, 86, dies after crash in Stanton
STANTON, DELAWARE (12/16/2014) An 86-year-old Newark woman died following a single-vehicle crash this morning in Stanton, state police said. The victim was identified as Mary A. Frisbie, who was driving in the 4900 block of Ogletown […]
Police ID 20-year-old man killed in fiery crash
MILLSBORO, DELAWARE (12/16/2014) A 20-year-old man died early today after he was ejected from a stolen car in a fiery two-vehicle crash in the Oak Orchard area east of Millsboro, authorities said. The other […]
Crashes, construction jam northbound I-95, southbound I-495
CHRISTIANA, DELAWARE (12/16/2014) Two crashes with injuries shut down northbound I-95 between Routes 273 and 1 late this morning, and another crash with injuries caused major delays on southbound I-495 south of […]
Inspections to close lanes on I-95 near Wilmington
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) Inspections of the I-95 viaduct at the south end of Wilmington will cause lane closures on the highway through Monday, according to DelDOT. Contractor Pennoni Associates Inc. […]
Repairs to close 2 lanes on SB I-495
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) Repairs will close two lanes on southbound I-495 south of Wilmington starting Tuesday, DelDOT announced. The work begins at 9 a.m. at a bridge over an abandoned […]
Bicyclist killed crawling under train is identified
WYOMING, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A 37-year-old bicyclist was killed Sunday evening when, tired of waiting for a train stopped at a signal crossing, he decided to crawl under it and the train […]
21-year-old Dover man killed in crash
DOVER, DELAWARE (12/14/2014) A 21-year-old man was killed when his car crossed the double yellow line and collided with an oncoming vehicle west of Dover early today, state police said. The […]
Truck pushes pickup into home near New Castle
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A tree-service truck hit a parked pickup in the Coventry neighborhood near New Castle early today, pushing it into a home. The front of the house […]
Wilmington police seek witnesses to rollover crash
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/14/2014) City police are seeking witnesses to a crash Friday involving an overturned vehicle in the 500 block of S. Market St. The female driver of the overturned […]
DUI charge after 3 hurt in crash near Lewes
LEWES, DELAWARE (12/14/2014) Three people were injured, two of them seriously, in a crash early today west of Lewes, state police said. The accident happened about 2 a.m. on Log […]
Newark police: Truck had green light when bicyclist struck
NEWARK, DELAWARE (12/15/2014) A bicyclist suffered multiple injuries when he was struck by a Ford F-350 pickup truck, city police said. The accident happened about 5:55 p.m. Friday at the […]
Police ID pedestrian killed on Kirkwood Highway
STANTON, DELAWARE (12/12/2014) State police today identified the victim in the state’s third pedestrian fatality in two days. Brian M. Dougherty, 32, of Wilmington, was trying to cross the eastbound […]
3rd pedestrian fatality in 2 days
STANTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) In the third pedestrian fatality in Delaware in the past two days, one man was killed this evening when he was struck by two cars on Kirkwood Highway. The […]
Police ID pedestrian killed near Delaware Park
STANTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) A 30-year-old man who was struck and killed by a pickup truck Wednesday evening near the entrance to Delaware Park was identified by state police this afternoon as John […]
Plans for I-95/U.S. 202 interchange closures revised
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/11/2014) DelDOT has revised plans for closures to allow work on the I-95/U.S. 202 interchange north of Wilmington, eliminating a planned weekend closure of northbound I-95. The new […]
25-year-old woman struck by car, killed in Dover
DOVER, DELAWARE (12/10/2014) A 25-year-old woman was killed early today when she was struck by a car as she walked across Leipsic Road. City police said the accident happened about […]
I-95/U.S. 202 interchange work to cause detours
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/5/204) State highway officials say various closures and detours are planned as work nears an end at the I-95 and U.S. 202/Concord Pike interchange. The Delaware Department of […]
37-year-old Pa. woman struck, killed on I-95 near mall
I-95, DELAWARE (12/7/2014) A 37-year-old woman was killed when she was struck by two vehicles while she was walking on southbound I-95 at the Route 1 flyover ramp near Christiana Mall, […]
Teen Bowers firefighter struck by pickup dies
BOWERS BEACH, DELAWARE (12/5/2014) A 17-year-old girl struck by a pickup truck on Wednesday died today, state police report. The victim was identified as Brittney Ford of Bowers Beach. She […]
Motorcycle hits tree, man critically injured
ODESSA, DELAWARE (12/1/2014) A 49-year-old man was critically injured this afternoon when his motorcycle went off Taylor’s Bridge Road (State Route 9) on a curve and struck a tree southeast of […]
Tree topples in Wilmington; Miller Road closed
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE (12/1/2014) A large tree crushed a Volvo when it toppled about 6:30 a.m. today, also taking down wires and several utility poles. The tree fell in the 800 block […]
1 hurt in I-95 crash
NEWPORT, DELAWARE (12/01/2014) One person was injured Sunday in a a two-vehicle crash that jammed southbound I-95 Sunday morning near Newport. According to reports from the scene a female had serious […]
Accidents, 2,000 power outages reported as storm hits
DELAWARE (11/26/2014) In the wake of a coastal storm that brought an inch of snow to Greenville and Hockessin by 4 p.m. today, Delmarva Power reported more than 2,000 customers lost electric […]
Repaving to close Milford streets
MILFORD, DELAWARE (11/26/2014) Repaving of a Norfolk Southern railroad crossing will close McCoy Street/South Washington Street at the railroad crossing for a week, DelDOT reports. The repaving by the railroad […]
Maryland man dies in crash near Selbyville
SELBYVILLE, DELAWARE (11/25/2012) A 30-year-old Maryland man was killed and a passenger seriously injured in a single-vehicle crash today west of Selbyville, state police say. The man killed was identified […]
2 hurt in school bus crash
NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE (11/25/2014) Two people on a school bus, including a 13-year-old boy, were injured Monday in a collision with a truck, state police said. The accident happened about […]