One man survived and another was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Millsboro early Sunday morning, police said.
According to Delaware State Police, a 26-year-old man from Georgetown, traveling with a man in the front passenger seat, was driving a 2014 Ford Mustang westbound on Harmons Hill Road at 1:33 a.m. on Sunday. Police determined that as the vehicle approached a slight left curve east of Hollyville Road, the driver lost control. The car drove off the roadway while spinning counterclockwise. Police said the rear of the Mustang hit a large metal utility pole and the impact caused the vehicle to rotate forcefully into a clockwise direction. It stopped just south of the utility pole.
Authorities said the driver was taken to a local hospital with serious injuries. He died later that day. His identity is being withheld by police until next of kin notifications have been made. The man in the passenger seat was also taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries and was released.
The on-scene investigation of this incident closed Harmons Hill Road for almost three hours. The Delaware State Police Troop 7 Collision Reconstruction Unit continue to investigate this crash. Investigators are asking anyone who witnessed this collision to call Sgt. J. Burns at 302-703-3269.
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