47-year-old motorcyclist killed in a collision with a car on Route 1 in Middletown, Delaware

Delaware State Police said the southbound motorcyclist was apparently going at a high rate of speed at about 12:21 a.m. Friday and traveled into another lane as he approached a moderate curve. Then he collided with the back of a car. The 47-year-old Dover man was thrown from the motorcycle, and was hit by a southbound pick-up truck. He died at the scene.