A 24-year-old motorcyclist who police say was speeding around traffic near Middletown on Tuesday night died after crashing into a passenger car.
Delaware State Troopers were called to Summit Bridge Road at Armstrong Corner Road just before 11 p.m. for reports that a motorcyclist was pinned under a car. At the scene of the crash, police found the man dead.
Detectives determined the man, who was driving a Harley-Davidson, was passing traffic “at a high rate of speed on the right shoulder” of Summit Bridge Road. Meanwhile, a 17-year-old in a Mazda CX-5 was stopped in the left-turn lane on the opposite side of the road.
Police said the motorcyclist entered the intersection from the right-turn lane, hitting the right side of the Mazda. The man was ejected and landed under the Mazda.
The driver of the Mazda was taken to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Police closed the road for about four hours as they investigated.
The motorcyclist will be identified once family is notified.
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