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Final Release – Overturned DelDot Truck in area of Dover – Kenton Road Released – Tuesday, February 26, 2008 (7:31 p.m.) Dover – The following is an outline of the crash that occurred earlier this afternoon on Dover – Kenton Road. At approximately 2:04 p.m. a 2000 International 6 – wheel truck (operated by Virgil L. Spencer Jr., 46, of Hartly, Delaware and owned by the State of Delaware - DelDot) was traveling southbound on Kenton Road just south of Central Church Road. The operator apparently fell asleep at the wheel. A passenger in the vehicle (Richard M. Short, 31, of Townsend, Delaware) yelled out to the driver as he saw the vehicle drift into the northbound lane. Mr. Spencer was startled from the commotion and overcorrected causing the DelDot truck to overturn into an embankment on the side of the road. No other vehicles were involved. Alcohol was not a factor and it is unknown whether seatbelts were used. All occupants including a third passenger (Nicola Mancino, 48, of Clayton, Delaware) were transported to Kent General Hospital in Dover to be treated for non – life threatening injuries. Mr. Spencer was cited by Troopers for Inattentive Driving.
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