MAGNOLIA, Del. - (AP) Troopers are investigating a fatal crash that occurred early Thursday morning west of Magnolia.
Delaware State Police report that sometime between midnight and 7:40 a.m. Thursday, Nathaniel P. Benton, 21 of Magnolia, was operating a 2006 Yamaha R6 motorcycle southbound on Peachtree Run Road approaching Irish Hill Road. Benton failed to stop for a posted stop sign at the intersection and continued across Irish Hill Road and into a soybean field where he was ejected from the motorcycle.
A friend located the crash scene this morning after Benton failed to return home.
Benton, who was not wearing a helmet, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating and says alcohol may have been a factor in this case. Irish Hill Road at Peachtree Run Road was closed for approximately two hours while the crash was investigated and cleared.