Stratford Woman Killed In Delaware Crash: Police

STRATFORD, CT — A Stratford woman was killed in a crash over the weekend in Delaware, according to Delaware State Police.

The crash happened Sunday night in Felton, Delaware, and sent six others, including three Stratford residents, to the hospital. A 1-year-old boy was also injured in the crash, according to police.

The victim has been identified as 87-year-old Margie Spain, who was a passenger in a Jeep Wrangler, according to police. She was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

A 2005 light green Cadillac CTS was traveling south on S. Dupont Highway (U.S. 13) north of Killens Pond Road around 7:10 p.m. on July 2, according to police. At the same time, police said a 2021 white Jeep Wrangler was traveling northbound in the right lane of S. Dupont Highway north of Killens Pond Road.

“For unknown reasons, the Cadillac lost control, and crossed over the grassy median into the northbound lanes of S. Dupont Highway in front of the Jeep,” police wrote in a news release. “The Cadillac struck the front of the Jeep in the right lane of S. Dupont Highway. Both vehicles spun in the roadway. The Cadillac came to a stop in the grass east of the roadway south of the collision. The Jeep came to a stop in the grass east of the roadway north of the collision.”

Spain was the right rear passenger of the Jeep, according to police. The driver of the Jeep, a 69-year-old man from Stratford, was hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.

The right front passenger of the Jeep, a 69-year-old woman from Stratford, and the left rear passenger, a 62-year-old man from Stratford, were also hospitalized for injuries that weren’t life-threatening, according to police.

“The operator of the Cadillac, a 26-year-old woman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was transported to an area hospital in critical condition,” police wrote. “A passenger in the Cadillac, a 1-year-old boy, was not properly restrained in a child seat, and was ejected during the collision. The child was transported to a local children’s hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The right front passenger of the Cadillac, a 23-year-old man from Dover, Delaware, was flown by DSP Aviation to a local trauma center for non-life-threatening injuries.”

The road was closed for approximately four hours while the scene was investigated and cleared, according to police.

Police are continuing to investigate the crash.