Woman Injured in May 12 Crash Near Georgetown Dies

Georgetown – A 63-year-old Dover woman has died from injuries she sustained in a May 12 crash on Dupont Boulevard.

It crash occurred at 3:37 p.m. as Marie Voltaire, 37, of Dover, was driving a 1999 Toyota Corolla southbound on DuPont Blvd (U.S. 113) in the right lane, just north of Speedway Road. For an unknown reason, the Corolla drifted into the left lane, the left turn lane, and then onto the grass median, where it struck a fully marked Delaware State Police 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe head on.

The operator of the Tahoe, a 31-year-old male trooper assigned to Troop 4 in Georgetown, was parked in the center median monitoring traffic on an Office of Highway Safety sponsored seatbelt-enforcement detail. No emergency equipment was activated at the time of the crash.

The trooper was transported by ambulance to Beebe Medical Center where he was treated for minor injuries and released. Marie Voltaire and her passenger, Anezia Valette, were both transported to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital by ambulance. Voltaire was admitted with non-life-threatening injuries. Valette was admitted and died at the hospital on May 16. The occupants of both vehicles were properly restrained at the time of the crash.

On the day of the crash, Voltaire was issued a traffic summons for failing to remain in a single lane. The Collision Reconstruction Unit is continuing its investigation into this crash.