Motorcyclist Dies After March 25th Crash In A Christiana Area Shopping Center Parking Lot

Location: Parking lot of University Plaza Shopping Center (in the main thru way leading towards Rt. 273), Christiana, DE

Date of Occurrence: Thursday March 25, 2010 at 3:51 p.m.
Date of Death: Saturday April 17, 2010 at 6:59 p.m. hours
Victim: Wesley Barnett, 30, Newark

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Delaware State Police report the late death of a motorcyclist that resulted from a March 25th crash.

Wesley Barnett died yesterday after he had been hospitalized for a crash he was involved in.

The crash happened back on March 25th when Barnett was riding his motorcycle in the parking lot of the University Plaza Shopping Center and was traveling in a northerly direction on the main thru way toward Rt. 273. He was traveling with a second motorcycle. Robert Patton, 80, Newark, was driving his 2008 Chevrolet Impala in the parking lot of the University Plaza Shopping Center and was traveling in a westerly direction towards the WSFS Bank. The Impala approached the main thru way and Patton stopped for a stop sign.

As the Impala entered the thru way the motorcycle struck the left front quarter panel area of the Impala. Barnett was ejected off of the motorcycle.

The investigation is still on going and no charges have been file at the time of this release.

Barnett was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.

Released Sunday April 18, 2010 at 2145 hours