Advanced Search

The bodies of two horses -- killed when a tractor trailer slammed into them on a Delaware highway -- caused another vehicle to overturn early Saturday morning, injuring two people. A 2004 Nissan pick-up truck swerved to avoid the horses, which were lying in the southbound lanes of U.S. Route 13 near Greenwood Road in Greenwood, Sussex County, around 4:30 a.m., entered the center median and overturned. Medics sent the driver, 56-year-old William Dennis, and his 56-year-old passenger to Naticoke Memorial Hospital, where they were treated for non-life threatening injuries.

Carl Timm, 39, of Richardson, Texas, died early Wednesday morning when he attempted to cross a state highway intersection and a car crashed into him, then crashed into an ambulance. The incident occured in Newark, Delaware around 1:00 a.m. on October 15. Timm did not use a crosswalk when crossing, and police believe he may have been drinking. Moses Tamba, 30, who drove the car, did not receive injuries. Those in the ambulance were also  uninjured. 

 

 

A tour bus with about 50 passengers overturned on a Delaware highway on Sunday, leaving two women dead and sending the others to area hospitals with injuries ranging from mild to severe, state police said. A 54-year-old woman was killed after she was thrown from the bus. A 30-year-old woman was pronounced dead at a local hospital late on Sunday night from trauma suffered during the crash, Shavack said.  Officials had earlier said the crash occurred in the adjacent city of Bear.

Del. State Police are investigating a motorcycle crash that killed one person and left another seriously injured.

Around 10:10 p.m. on Thursday evening, a 60-year-old male from Delmar was driving a 2000 Kawasaki Vulcan motorcycle on Sussex Highway (US 13) in the right lane approximately one quarter mile north of Iron Hill Road.

It’s believed an unknown vehicle may have pulled out in front of the motorcycle, causing the driver to lock the brakes and lay the motorcycle down to avoid contact.