Wilmington, DE : Wrong-way crash kills Millsboro man, injures state trooper on Thursday, 15th September 2016

A 77-year-old man driving in the wrong direction died after a head-on collision with a state trooper vehicle, police said Thursday night.

The Millsboro man, who was not properly restrained, was pronounced dead at the scene, said Master Cpl. Gary Fournier, a spokesman for Delaware State Police. A family dog was also deceased in the vehicle, Fournier said.

The 22-year-old male state trooper involved in the crash was airlifted from the scene to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, Fournier said.

The crash occurred in the area of the North Little Creek Road Exit (Exit 98) just before 6 p.m. Thursday, Fournier said.

The Millsboro man was operating a 2010 Chevrolet Aveo northbound in the southbound lanes of Del.1, police said.

At the same time, the trooper, assigned out of Troop 3 in Camden, was operating a fully marked 2012 Chevrolet Caprice southbound in the left lane of Del. 1 near Exit 98 when the two vehicles collided head-on. The state trooper was wearing a seat belt at the time of the collision, police said.

The State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is continuing their investigation into this incident.

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Wrong-way crash kills Millsboro man, injures state trooper