Police identify man killed in Hockessin-area pedestrian crash
Police have identified a 69-year-old pedestrian killed in a Hockessin-area crash Wednesday morning.
New Castle County Police said Patrick Regan was the second person struck that day during two separate pedestrian crashes in northern Delaware. A 33-year-old man was critically injured in an earlier crash that occurred in Wilmington.
Regan, according to New Castle County Police, was on Verbena Drive when a 31-year-old Subaru Legacy driver crossed into the opposite lane of travel and struck him about 7:30 p.m.
The Legacy continued traveling in the same direction striking a mailbox before crossing to the opposite side of the roadway and striking a second mailbox. The legacy then struck a tree, where it remained until first responders arrived.
Regan died at the scene and the Legacy driver was hospitalized, police said.
The crash remains under investigation.
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In the earlier pedestrian crash, first responders were dispatched to the 3200 block of N. Market St. in Wilmington about 7 a.m., according to city officials.
Fire Department radio traffic indicates the victim, a 33-year-old man, was trapped under a truck. He was rushed to the hospital in critical condition, police said.
Hours after first responders left, a Chevrolet pickup truck belonging to a Maryland construction company could be seen on the back of a tow truck in the road.
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A pool of blood also remained in the street near several orange markings. Police reopened North Market Street around 10 a.m.
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