Location: SR 1 south of Melson Road, 2 miles south of Lewes, Sussex County, DE
Date of Occurrence: Saturday November 7, 2009 on or about 1:10 p.m.
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Delaware State Police are investigating a three car crash that left a 4 year-old girl dead.
The crash happened when a 2007 Toyota Camry and a 2001 Honda Odyssey were stopped southbound on RT 1 in front of the Midway Shopping Center. That’s when a 2007 Toyota Tundra was traveling southbound behind the stopped vehicles failed to stop. The Tundra struck the rear of the Honda minivan causing it to plow into the Camry. As a result of the crash Victoria A. D’Souza, 4, of Springfield, VA was taken to Beebe Hospital in Lewes where she later died as a result of her injuries.
The driver of the Camry was identified as Ronald Reese, 77, of Harbeson, DE
The driver of the Odyssey mini van was identified as Malcolm L. D’Souza, 42, of Springfield, VA.
The driver of the Tundra pickup truck was identified as Lisa M. Drake, 37, of Summerville, SC.
The drivers were wearing their seatbelts and Victoria was in a child seat at the time of the crash. Alcohol is not suspected and the investigation is ongoing.
RT 1 was closed for about 2 hours while the crash scene was cleared.
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6 comments:
I saw this. I could not figure out how crunched the vehicles were considering that the traffic is so slow moving through there.
Accident was in the NORTH-bound lanes
This is why I believe after age 65 people should have to take a driving test every couple of years.
The woman who plowed into the two stopped vehicles, killing a 4 yr old girl, is 37 yrs old. Older folks need to be tested, sure, but age had nothiong to do with this tragedy. And yeah, I know the guy and his daughter that died.
What a tragedy, all because one idiot was paying attention... and of course she has to be the one driving the largest vehicle
That is a stupid statement. The driver who caused the accident was 37
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