Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred early this morning.
Officials said on December 25, 2024, at approximately 3:30 a.m., a Toyota Tundra was traveling northbound on Cubbage Pond Road, approaching the intersection at Johnson Road. At the same time, a pedestrian was walking along Cubbage Pond Road. The Toyota struck the pedestrian and continued northbound, fleeing the scene police said. The vehicle was later located abandoned on Johnson Road.
The victim, 29-year-old Leo Hernandez Perez of Milford, Delaware, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Cubbage Pond Road, from Johnson Road to Flea Town Road, was closed for approximately three hours while the Delaware State Police Troop 7 Collision Reconstruction Unit investigated the crash and cleared the roadway.