A Georgetown Fire Company Fire Police Officer was critically injured Monday night after being struck by a vehicle while directing traffic on Lewes-Georgetown Highway.
State Police said the crash happened around 8:36 p.m. on November 3, 2025, near Shingle Point Road. The 78-year-old Fire Police Officer was assisting with traffic control at the scene of an earlier crash. Investigators said he was standing in the eastbound lane near his marked vehicle, which had its emergency blue lights activated. He was wearing a reflective vest and hat and using a red strobe wand to direct traffic when he was hit by an eastbound Honda Accord. The officer was treated at the scene and later flown to an area hospital in critical condition.
The 20-year-old driver of the Honda, also from Georgetown, was not hurt. The highway was closed for several hours while investigators examined the scene and cleared the roadway. Delaware State Police said the investigation is ongoing, however, they did not mention any pending charges in their press release.
The crash has drawn renewed attention to Delaware’s strengthened “Move Over” law, which increases penalties for drivers who fail to slow down or move over for emergency and service vehicles.
Delaware’s updated “Move Over” law requires drivers to change lanes away from stopped emergency or service vehicles displaying warning lights. If a lane change cannot be made safely, drivers must reduce their speed by at least 20 miles per hour below the posted limit. A violation that results in injury to an emergency responder can be prosecuted as a Class F felony.
In 2024 a Delaware City Fire Police Officer was also seriously injured while directing traffic. In thar case the Attorney General’s Office initially declined to prosecute the driver under the new “Move Over” law. It remains unclear if any charges were ever filed in that matter.
Officials have not released the name of the Georgetown officer or the driver.