33-year-old man killed, 2 severely injured in crash outside of Ellendale Saturday night
Three men were involved in a major crash outside of Ellendale Saturday night, leaving two severely injured and a third pronounced dead at the scene.
At 10:05 p.m., Delaware State Police said a 28-year-old driver of a 2007 Honda Accord was speeding in the right lane of North DuPont Boulevard headed north, according to Delaware State Police. He then made an aggressive lane change, from the right lane to the left lane, to maneuver around a vehicle traveling the same direction, police said.
The driver lost control of the Accord, which then spun off the road and hit the right side of an unoccupied and disabled 2016 Ford Explorer parked on a private drive east of North DuPont Boulevard.
Police said they believe the impairment of the 28-year-old driver from Georgetown was a factor in the crash, though toxicology results are pending. He was taken to a nearby hospital with critical injuries.
The 19-year-old front passenger, who police said was not wearing a seatbelt, was airlifted to Christiana Hospital with serious injuries.
A 33-year-old rear-seat passenger, who police said was also not restrained, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police have identified him as Dolman Ubaldo Jimenez-Perez, who lived in Georgetown.
The deadly scene left the roadway closed for about four hours while police looked into what happened. The Delaware State Police Troop 7 Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate.
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This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Delaware crash: 1 killed, 2 seriously injured in wreck near Ellendale
