The Delaware State Police are investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that occurred early Thursday morning in Georgetown that left one woman dead.
Officials said on February 29, 2024, at approximately 7:40 a.m., a 2020 Volvo VHD roll-off container truck was traveling westbound on Shortly Road, approaching Bull Pine Road. Simultaneously, a 2008 Honda Civic was traveling southbound on Bull Pine Road, approaching a stop sign at the intersection with Shortly Road, which is a throughway. For reasons under investigation, the Honda failed to stop and entered the intersection directly in the path of the Volvo police said. Initial reports from the scene indicated that the Honda was split in half.
As a result, the front of the Volvo struck the left side of the Honda. The Volvo then overrode the Honda as it continued in a southwesterly direction and overturned as it exited the roadway. After impact, the Honda rotated as it traveled in a westerly direction before coming to a stop in the eastbound lane of Shortly Road.
The driver of the Honda, 34-year-old Maria Niz-Chilel from Georgetown, was pronounced dead at the scene. The front passenger of the Honda, a 29-year-old woman, from Georgetown, Delaware, was airlifted to an area trauma hospital, where she was admitted in critical condition.
The driver of the Volvo, a 59-year-old man from Millsboro, Delaware, was transported by ambulance to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The roadway was closed for approximately 6.5 hours while the scene was investigated and cleared.