Early morning crash in Kent Co. leaves one dead

WOODSIDE, Del. – An early morning crash in Kent County claimed the life of one.

Police say at around 2:20 a.m., a Freightliner tractor trailer was driving southbound on South Dupont Highway, in the right lane, south of Barney Jenkins Road. At the same time, a GMC T-Series box truck was also driving southbound, behind the Freightliner. Preliminary investigation revealed that the Freightliner was slowing to make a right turn into a business when the front of the GMC reportedly hit the back of the trailer.

The driver of the GMC, a 33-year-old Owings Mills man, was reportedly not restrained and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver of the Freightliner, a 51-year-old Greensboro, North Carolina man, was not injured.