Police seek driver who killed paramedic

DELAWARE CITY, Del. - December 22, 2008 - Thirty-year-old /*Michelle Smith*/ died at Christiana Hospital Monday morning. She was taken to Christiana in critical condition Saturday and her condition worsened Sunday night.

The Delaware City EMS worker was treating a motorcycle driver on Route 13 near School Lane Saturday about 10 p.m. Thirty-year-old Edward Reiss of New Castle, had crashed his Harley.

Smith was caring for Reiss when a 2004 BMW 760 sideswiped a police car, narrowly missing the officer, and ran over Smith and Reiss. Reiss was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Police say a car following the BMW stopped and let the BMW driver get inside, before speeding off.

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