Dover, DE : Driver dies after single-vehicle crash near Hartly on Tuesday morning, December 27, 2016

The driver who was hospitalized after a crash this morning near Hartly has died.

The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating the single-vehicle crash, said State Police Master Corporal Gary Fournier.

At about 3:40 a.m., Elmer C. Jeronimo-Gonzalez, 29, of Marydel, Maryland, was driving a 2001 Toyota Tundra pickup west on Halltown Road (State Route 8).

As he was approaching Brittany Lane, the truck went off the north edge of the road and struck a tree with its front bumper, Fournier said.

Jeronimo-Gonzalez, who was not properly restrained, was taken by an emergency medical services crew to Bayhealth Kent General Hospital.

He died a short time later, Fournier said.

Halltown Road between Hartly Road (State Route 44) and Brittney Lane was closed for about two-and-a-half hours while the crash was investigated and cleared.

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UPDATE: Driver dies after single-vehicle crash near Hartly