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State of Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland Security
Division of State Police
Superintendent Robert M. Coupe |
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DSP News Release: Victim Identified in Fatal Crash
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State Police have identified the woman who was killed in yesterday’s fatal crash.
Barbara Hammond, 72, of Lewes has been identified as the operator of yesterday’s fatal vehicle crash.
Original release to follow
DSP News Release: Troopers are Investigating a Single Car Crash that Killed a Lewes Woman
Location: Bay Farm Road south of Trinity Road at the entrance to the Peninsula Development, 5 miles east of Millsboro, Sussex County, DE
Date of Occurrence: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:47 a.m.
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Delaware State Police State Police are investigating a single car crash that killed a 72 year-old Lewes woman.
The crash happened when the woman was operating a 2001 Nissan Altima southbound on Bay Farm Road when for unknown reasons the vehicle drifted off the right shoulder then off the roadway. The vehicle continued south traveling parallel to the roadway and crossed Trinity Road. The Altima then struck a 4’ cement pillar head-on.
The driver was flown to Christiana Hospital near Newark where she later died at 2:30 p.m. today.
The investigation is on going and the woman was wearing a seatbelt at the time of the crash. Alcohol is not suspected.
Bay Farm Road in the area of Trinity Road was closed for approximately a half hour.
The name of the woman is being withheld pending notification of next of kin. |
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