1Fire police officer struck while directing traffic in serious Georgetown crash

Georgetown, DE – A fire police officer helping direct traffic at the scene of a prior collision was critically injured Sunday night when he was hit by a car on Lewes-Georgetown Highway.

Just after 8:30 p.m., the 78-year-old officer from the Georgetown Fire Company was standing near his marked vehicle with emergency blue lights flashing, directing traffic at the intersection of Lewes-Georgetown Highway and Shingle Point Road. He wore a high-visibility vest, hat, and used a red strobe wand to guide drivers.

As he worked, a 20-year-old man driving a Honda Accord eastbound on the highway failed to stop or slow down and hit the officer in the roadway. The impact left the fire police officer with critical injurie

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