Happening Now: Rescue Crews Responding To Car Off The Roadway Into The Water

Townsend – Rescue crews, dive teams, and marine units are responding to Route 1 at mile marker 80 for a rollover crash.

Early reports indicate that the vehicle is upside down and in the water.

Update: Vehicle has slipped under the water.

Update: First marine unit has arrived on scene.

Update: The accident is closer to Townsend, not Middletown.

Update: Crews asking for a heavy tow truck.

Update: DSP Diver entering the water.

Update: One person has been pulled from the water.

Update: Additional ambulance crews responding to the scene.

Update: The patient is being rushed to the Trauma Center at Christiana Hospital in Stanton.

Route 1 is currently shut down in both directions.

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