Four people were killed following a head-on car crash involving a wrong-way driver on an interstate highway.
The crash took place at about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 495 in the area of Route 13 near New Castle when a Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by a 48-year-old man from Elkton, Maryland, was traveling southbound in the northbound lane of I-495 and it crashed head-on with a Toyota Tacoma pickup driven by a 41-year-old Philadelphia woman.
Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene.
Their identities are yet to be released pending notification of next of kin.
The Toyota’s two passengers were pronounced dead at the hospital.
Interstate 495 northbound was shut between Interstate 95 and Route 13 for about five hours while the crash was investigated, and the roadway was cleared.
The crash is being investigated by Delaware State Police.
