Detectives Investigate Accidental Death

Location: Savanna Auto Care, 74 Albe Drive, Newark, DE

Date of Occurrence: Friday, April 13, 2012 at 9:30 p.m.

Victim:

Nicholas P. Njenga, 31, Middletown, DE

Resume:

Newark, DE- Delaware State Police detectives are investigating the accidental death of a Middletown man that occurred Friday night.

The incident happened at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Friday (4/13) as Nicholas Njenga and a second subject were working on the hydraulic lift gate of a truck owned by Savanna Auto Care located in the unit block of Albe Drive in Newark. Detectives learned that as the victim was on top of the lift gate, the second subject crawled under the truck in order to troubleshoot a new hydraulic pump that the two had just installed. It was at this time that the hydraulic pump activated which caused the lift gate to rise. Nicholas Njenga was then pinned in between the gate and the truck. He was subsequently removed from the scene by EMS and transported to the Christiana Hospital Trauma Center where he succumbed to his injuries.

This incident remains under investigation by the Delaware State Police.