Driver Airlifted After Being Ejected On Route 1 Saturday

At approximately 5:13 p.m. the New Castle County Paramedics, Delaware State Police Aviation and the
Delaware City Fire Company were dispatched to Route 1 Northbound, in the area of Kirkwood Saint Georges Road overpass, for the report of a motor vehicle collision with injuries.

Units arrived on scene to find a single vehicle collision involving a pickup truck. The approximately 50-year-old male operator had been ejected from the vehicle after it struck a guardrail. The man was treated by the Paramedics for a head injury, extremity injuries, and possible internal injuries. He was transported to the Christiana Hospital, in Staton, aboard a Delaware State Police helicopter, in serious condition.

The Delaware State Police is investigating the incident.

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