NEWPORT, DELAWARE (12/21/2018) A 32-year-old Newark woman was killed Thursday morning when the SUV she was riding in crashed into construction vehicles along southbound Interstate 95, the Delaware State Police reported this morning.
The crash happened about 10:55 a.m. north of Interstate 295.
The victim was riding in a southbound 2008 Nissan X-Terra driven by a 31-year-old Newark man.
Police said the SUV drifted off the roadway for unknown reason and struck the side of a crash-attenuator truck and a Hyundai Tucson SUV parked on the shoulder. The Nissan then hit a 24-year-old Folsom, New Jersey, construction worker who was standing on the shoulder behind a dump truck and trailer parked behind the Hyundai.
A 44-year-old Whiteford, Maryland, woman, a safety inspector for the project, who was in the Hyundai and a 50-year-old Macungie, Pennsylvania, man who was in the dump truck were not injured.
The driver of the Nissan was taken to Christiana Hospital in Stanton with injuries police described as not life-threatening. Police said neither of those in the Nissan were wearing seat belts.
The pedestrian worker also was taken to Christiana with injuries described as not life-threatening.
Southbound I-95 was closed about 2.5 hours as police investigated and the wreckage was cleared.
Police asked anyone with information on the crash to call Cpl. J. Forester at 302-365-8485.
Tips also may be submitted anonymously through Delaware Crime Stoppers, which offers rewards, at 800-847-3333 or www.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com.
Southbound Nissan X-Terra SUV struck construction trailer loaded with excavator parked on shoulder of Interstate 95 north of Interstate 295. (Photo: Delaware Free News)