Dover Head-On Collision

Courtesy of the Dover Fire Department

 Dover Fire Department

DOVER, DE - The Dover Police Department is investigating a head-on crash in Dover that left a 69-year-old Dover man seriously injured Thursday.

According to authorities, police were called to the area of Saulsbury Road and Whatcoat Drive at about 6:45 p.m. on March 7th on reports of a serious crash. Police say a Jeep Wrangler, driven by the 69-year-old man, was driving south on Saulsbury Road when a deer entered the Jeep’s path. The man, according to police, swerved into the opposite northbound lane to avoid the animal and crashed head-on into a Mazda.

The Dover Police Department says the man was airlifted to a hospital in New Castle County where he remains in serious condition. The driver of the Mazda, a 27-year-old woman from Dover, was taken to a nearby hospital for non-life threatening injuries. 

Police continue to evaluate the facts surrounding the crash and ask anyone with information to contact them at 302-736-7130.

 

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