1 dead, 1 injured after crash in Newark, Del.

Saturday, July 23, 2016
NEWARK, Del. (WPVI) -- One person was killed and another was injured after a crash in Newark, Delaware.

The crash happened around 12:43 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Del. Route 4 (East Chestnut Hill Road) and Old Newark Road.
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Police say 29-year-old Natasha Sagapolutele, of Bear, was making a left hand turn from Route 4 onto Old Newark Road when her Ford Explorer was struck on the right-hand side by a Mazda 6.

The driver of the Mazda, 24-year-old Michael Burns of Newark, was apparently speeding at the time, police say.
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Burns, who police say was not properly restrained, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Sagapolutele was taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries.
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