The Delaware State Police is investigating a two-vehicle fatal crash that claimed the life of 71-year-old Kathleen Reed of Frankford, Delaware, on Monday morning in Millsboro.
On November 9, 2026, at approximately 7:00 a.m., Reed was driving a Chevrolet Equinox westbound on Laurel Road, just east of Lowes Crossing Road, approaching a right curve. At the same time, a Volkswagen Passat was traveling eastbound in the same area.
For reasons still under investigation, the Equinox failed to negotiate the curve and traveled directly into the path of the Passat, resulting in a collision.
Reed was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the Passat, a 26-year-old man from Seaford, Delaware, was transported to an area hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A 12-year-old female passenger in the Equinox and a 28-year-old male passenger in the Passat were also transported to an area hospital with serious injuries.
One of the patients was transported by Dleaware State Police Aviation to Christiana Hospital.