RISING SUN, MD : Delaware man killed in Rt. 273 crash, second fatal in two days on Tuesday, 20th March 2018

A Delaware man was killed in a Tuesday evening crash on Route 273, the second fatal accident to strike that highway in two days.

Investigators identified the victim as Zachary Tomczyk, a 20-year-old Wilmington, Del., resident whom Cecil County Department of Emergency Services paramedics pronounced dead at the crash scene, according to Maryland State Police.

Just before 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, MSP troopers assigned to the North East Barrack responded to the area of the 1000 block of Telegraph Road in Rising Sun for a two-vehicle crash.

Preliminarily, the investigation revealed that a red Jeep Patriot driven by Tomczyk – the sole occupant - was traveling eastbound on Telegraph Road while a black Ford F-150 was traveling westbound, MSP reported.

According to witnesses on scene, the driver lost control of the Jeep and went sideways into the westbound lane, where it struck the Ford.

The two occupants of the Ford were taken to Christiana Hospital in Delaware to be treated for injuries suffered in the collision. As of Wednesday morning, MSP officials had not released their names.

An MSP accident reconstructionist responded to the scene for the investigation, and the State Highway Administration assisted with the road closure. A section of Telegraph Road remained closed for approximately three and a half hours during the on-scene investigation, police said, adding that it was re-opened shortly before 11:00 p.m. on Tuesday.

Additional witnesses who may not have remained at the scene are asked to contact the Maryland State Police North East Barrack reference case 18-MSP-012074.

Tuesday’s crash marks the seventh fatal Cecil County traffic accident of 2018, according to Cecil Whig archives, and the second in two days.

An Elkton man was killed and two other people were injured in a three-vehicle crash on a Calvert highway on Monday morning, according to Maryland State Police.

Investigators identified the victim as 22-year-old Noah Norona, who was pronounced dead by Cecil County Department of Emergency Services paramedics at the crash scene on Telegraph Road (Route 273).

Norona was driving a maroon Saturn SL in the westbound lane of Telegraph Road shortly before 8 a.m., when he slowed to make a left turn onto Dr. Miller Road, police said. At that time, police added, a grey Ford Escape driven in the westbound lane by Ryan Prince, 27, of North East, crashed into the back of Norona’s car.

The impact spun the Saturn into the eastbound lane of Telegraph Road, where it as struck by a black, eastbound Chevrolet Silverado driven by Leif King, 41, of Rising Sun.

Ambulances transported Prince to Christiana Hospital in Delaware and King to Union Hospital in Elkton, according to police.

That investigation is also ongoing and anyone who may have witnessed the collision is asked to contact MSP’s North East Barrack at 410-996-7800, police said. The reference case number for that fatal traffic accident is 18-MSP-011791.

MSP officials reported that “charges may be pending after the investigation is completed and consultation with the Cecil County State’s Attorney’s Office.”

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Delaware man killed in Rt. 273 crash, second fatal in two days