37-year-old Delaware man struck, killed after driver failed to stop for school bus: Police

Wednesday, October 30, 2019
NEW CASTLE, Delaware (WPVI) -- Delaware State Police now say the pedestrian who died in New Castle Tuesday morning was struck by a driver who blew past a stopped school bus.

Investigators tell Action News that students were getting on the bus at the intersection of New Castle and Ryan avenues, just before 7 a.m.
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A 37-year-old Wilmington man tried to take advantage of the bus' red flashing lights and cross the road.

But police say a 55-year-old driver ignored the stoplights and wound up hitting the pedestrian, who was not in the crosswalk at the time.
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The victim died at the scene.

Police have not yet said if the driver has been charged.

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