One dead in early morning crash in Kent County

WOODSIDE, Delaware – An early morning accident in Kent County claimed a life.

According to police, at about 2:20 a.m., a Freightliner tractor-trailer was traveling 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 traveling southbound behind the Freightliner. Preliminary investigations revealed that the Freightliner had slowed to make a right turn onto a commercial street when the front of the GMC allegedly struck the rear of the trailer.

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

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