Delaware State Police have announced that a 28-year-old man from Newark died in the car crash on I-95 Tuesday morning that partially closed the interstate near Christiana.
The crash, which state police said happened at 7:26 a.m., occurred on I-95 south in the area of the Christiana Road overpass.
According to police, the 28-year-old man was driving north on I-95 in a gray BMW when he lost control of the car for “unknown reasons.” The BMW began to spin and hit the metal end of a guardrail in the center median before going through a crossover opening into the southbound lanes of I-95, police said.
The spinning car entered the path of an unloaded dump truck driven by a 49-year-old man from Pennsville, New Jersey, and the front right corner of the BMW hit the front left corner of the dump truck, state police reported. The vehicles continued southbound for “a short distance” before stopping against the center concrete barrier.
Both drivers were wearing seatbelts, Delaware State Police said. The driver of the BMW was pronounced dead at the scene, police said, and his identity has not yet been released.
The dump truck driver was not injured, but police said the crash ruptured the truck’s fuel tank. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control hazmat team was called to clean up the spill.
The crash closed the left three lanes of I-95 south for over three hours, although some delays continued after because of the back up. The incident is still under investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Senior Cpl. M. Calio at 302-365-8483 or call Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.
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