Delaware State Police are investigating a serious pedestrian crash that occurred last night involving a Fire Police Officer in Georgetown.<\/p>\n
On November 3, 2025, at approximately 8:36 p.m., a Georgetown Fire Company Fire Police Officer was providing traffic control at Lewes-Georgetown Highway and Shingle Point Road, while emergency crews were on the scene of a crash on Lewes-Georgetown Highway. At the same time, a Honda Accord was traveling eastbound on Lewes-Georgetown Highway approaching Shingle Point Road. The preliminary investigation revealed that the fire police officer was standing in the eastbound lane near his vehicle, with emergency blue lights activated, wearing a high visibility reflective vest, hat, and using a red strobe wand. For reasons still under investigation, the Honda continued eastbound and struck the fire police officer.<\/p>\n
The fire police officer, a 78-year-old man from Georgetown, Delaware, was flown to an area hospital with critical injuries.<\/p>\n
The driver of the Honda, a 20-year-old man from Georgetown, Delaware, was not injured.<\/p>\n
Lewes-Georgetown Highway was closed for an extended time while the scene was investigated and cleared.<\/p>\n
The Delaware State Police Troop 7 Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate this crash. Troopers ask anyone who witnessed the crash or has relevant information to contact Master Corporal K. Argo at (302) 703-3264. Information may also be provided by sending a private Facebook message to the\u00a0Delaware State Police<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0or contacting\u00a0Delaware Crime Stoppers<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at 1-800-847-3333.<\/p>\n If you or someone you know is a victim or witness of a crime or have lost a loved one to a sudden death and need assistance, the Delaware State Police Victim Services Unit \/\u00a0Delaware Victim Center<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is available to offer you support and resources 24 hours a day through a toll-free hotline at 1-800-VICTIM-1 (1-800-842-8461). You may also email the Victim Services Unit at\u00a0DSP_VictimServicesMail@delaware.gov<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The post State Police Investigating Serious Pedestrian Crash in Georgetown<\/a> appeared first on Delaware State Police – State of Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Delaware State Police are investigating a serious pedestrian crash that occurred last night involving a Fire Police Officer in Georgetown. On November 3, 2025, at approximately 8:36 p.m., a Georgetown [\u2026]<\/p>\n The post State Police Investigating Serious Pedestrian Crash in Georgetown<\/a> appeared first on Delaware State Police – State of Delaware<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-4UO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18897,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/state-police-investigating-serious-pedestrian-crash-in-georgetown\/","url_meta":{"origin":18898,"position":0},"title":"State Police Investigating Serious Pedestrian Crash in Georgetown","author":"lewisbriggs","date":"November 4, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Delaware State Police are investigating a serious pedestrian crash that occurred last night involving a Fire Police Officer in Georgetown. 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