Thursday September, 26 2013 @ 08:52:43

Nature: Vehicle Accident ALS

Address: John J. Williams Hwy. & Indian Mission Road, Millsboro, DE 19966

On Thursday morning, September 26th, the Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was alerted for a vehicle collision involving a dump truck and Chevrolet Trailblazer SUV. It was reported to be a serious incident with unknown conditions of entrapment and reported multiple patients.

Emergency response units included: Rescue 80 from the Oak Orchard facility and Engine #80-5 from the Long Neck facility as well as the Sussex County Paramedics, the Delaware State Police Aviation Unit, and other with emergency response units from Lewes (82) Fire Department and Millsboro (83) Fire Company.

Emergency response assignments included patient stabilization; vehicle stabilization; scene mitigation with traffic control, pedestrian control, and other incident preservation initiatives; landing zone assignment for incoming aviation units; and overall incident coordination.

It appears that the silver Chrevrolet Trailblazer was traveling from eastbound John J. Williams Highway attempting to turn left onto Indian Mission Road and failed to yield the right-of-way and pulled into the path of a westbound Mack dump truck. Both units collided causing severe damage to the Trailblazer as well as the dump truck.

The Trailblazer was occupied by a female operator and two children. The dump truck was occupied by a male operator.

All occupants of the vehicles were taken to nearby medical facilities. The ground units transported the occupants of the Trailblazer and the aviation unit transported the occupant of the dump truck.

The Delaware State Fire Police provided traffic control assistance for the duration of the incident which included closure of John J. Williams Highway.

The Delaware State Police are investigating.

Additional information may be obtained by viewing the following website:

(1) WGMD Radion 92.7 – www.wgmd.com

3 Injured In Crash Between SUV, Dump Truck in Long Neck

Sep 26, 2013 -- 11:18am

Three people were injured in a crash involving a dump truck in Long Neck this morning.

Just after 8:50 this morning, 23-year-old Melissa Stumbaugh of Millsboro was driving east in her Chevy Trailblazer and was trying to turn left onto Indian Mission Road. Delaware State Police say she failed to yield to a westbound Mack dump truck being driven by 52-year-old Ellis Cannon of Bridgeville. The dump truck hit the passenger’s side of the Trailblazer in the intersection. Stumbaugh, her 2-year-old twin sons and Cannon were all taken to Beebe Hospital to be treated for injuries from the crash.

Stumbaugh was charged with failure to yield the right of way, and driving while on a cell phone.