Delaware State troopers are investigating a fatal hit and run crash involving a pedestrian Monday night, September 8, 2025, on Route 13.

Police said the victim was walking northbound in the southbound lanes of the highway just south of the Route 40 around 8 p.m., when they were hit by a vehicle that kept on going.

The impact knocked the victim into a wooded area off the roadway where they were found a short time later by a passing EMS unit.

The pedestrian, whose identity is not known at this time, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to contact Master Corporal R. Kunicki with the Collision Reconstruction Unit at Troop 2 at (302) 365-8417 .

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