Delaware State Police are investigating a single-vehicle fatal crash that occurred early this morning in Greenwood.
Officials said on October 16, 2024, at approximately 4:51 a.m., a Kia Sorento was traveling eastbound on Shawnee Road west of Memory Road. Investigators said that the Kia failed to negotiate a curve, left the north side of the road, striking a telephone box and a gas line. The Kia re-entered Shawnee Road then left the south side of the road and struck a tree.
The driver, a 28-year-old man from Seaford, Delaware, was not properly restrained and was pronounced dead at the scene. His name is being withheld until his family is notified.
Shawnee Road was closed for approximately three hours while the crash was investigated and cleared.