Deadly Newark Crash leaves the community, UD students tumble again

A monument that is available from both the University of Delaware and Newark, decorates the location of a fatal crash in Newark Main Street.

On April 29, a U-Haul lost, who tried to get away from the police, control over the Main Street, scored several pedestrians and parked vehicles and killed a student from the University of Delaware. Seven others were seriously injured and the driver. George Turner from New Castle, who said that the police were behind the wheel, was arrested and charged, among other things, for murder's second degree.

The crash sent shock waves through the college city and left a tragically familiar feeling.

In August 2024, a motorcycle hit and killed the police, Noeila Gomez, a UD newcomer, in the West Main Street. The school year was booked by students by students – a result of vehicles that fly down the busy business center that tries to escape the police.

Colin Drummond, a student in the second year at the UD from Downinging, Pennsylvania, said it was not at the university to find a potential solution for these deaths.

“Newark has to take initiative,” said Drummond when he stood from the monument on the other side of the street.

Confusion, revolved the East Main Street

Companies around the crash area were influenced all evening. In Main Street Mainstay Klondike Kates's employees and customers hurried out to find out what was going on immediately after hearing the crash. Kate's general manager Jaime McCardell called 911 immediately after listening to the excitement. Kates is about a block from the scene.

She saw customers in the veranda of the veranda in panic and told the staff what she grew around the scene as the police around the scene. McCardell explained that a silence grew through the area over time, and a Panhellenian group has canceled an event that should take place that night at the event location because of the incident.

“They canceled just because they didn't know what was happening and in relation to the people who would go. They were simply not sure if someone would be in a solemn mood,” she said.

Amanda Holmes worked again and again through the uncertainty, rooted on Main. She worked there for three years and usually closes the front doors of the business in the afternoon because of the traffic noise. Nevertheless, she couldn't help but hear the rotation of engines and screeches of tires.

Holmes, a 27-year-old from Newark, said a lot of people came to check the incident that had reached about an hour and a half after the crash. She is quite rattling from experience.

“I hope they give the students room to breathe and take the time to recover from it,” said Holmes.

She was able to get a step out to see the debris and see if anyone needed help. After her shop front was essentially deducted, she closed the shop at the normal time as she would normally do.

Shaheed Seeney was behind the counter at the popular Burrito Spot El Diablo when the crash occurred. The 24-year-old from Hockessin said it came quickly and the police replied seconds later. He said Main Street was a ghost city when the examination continued. Apart from some police officers who came into the store for water, he said that nobody was nearby.

Seeney said that an employee was shaken and recalled another collision in which she lost a fellow student.

“She was definitely very shocked about it because she couldn't remember whether she said it was like a year ago that someone in her sisterhood was actually killed in a car collision in the same area, and it really influenced her,” said Seeney.

In April 2023, a UD student was killed in a car accident in the Avenue library.

Community, students demand changes

The inhabitants of Newark, company and the UD community want to answer how more traffic can prevent deaths in Newark's main companies. A petition in which speed complaints in Main Street take more than 11,000 signatures in less than 48 hours.

McCardell said that they see emergency vehicles all the time and that there is no quick and easy solution to solve the security problem. But it is encouraged by the unit that Newark has shown when she mourns the loss of losing her own.

“I think we will ultimately do what Newark always does, and try to look at everything we can do if there are things to do to improve pedestrians' security,” she said. “I have the feeling that the city is pretty good at at least opening the conversation.”

At a press conference in Newark on April 30, Mayor Travis McDermott said that the community had to find a way to prevent people from fleeing the police in their vehicles and improving pedestrians.

“We as a community also have to take measures to prevent future tragedies,” said McDermott. “We need a multi -stage approach that focuses on improving pedestrian security and security that those who decide to flee from the law enforcement authorities have serious consequences for their ruthless actions.”

Shane Brennan treats Wilmington and other problems with Delaware. Enter ideas, tips or feedback at slbrennan@delawareonline.com.

Confusion, revolved the East Main Street

Community, students demand changes

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