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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