DSP News Release: Saturday, March 14, 2009- Five Car Crash Impacts Friday Rush Hour

Location of Incident: I-95 northbound, just south of Route 141, New Castle, Delaware, New Castle County  

Date and Time of Occurrence: Friday, March 13, 2009, at approximately 3:41 p.m.

Resume: Patrol officers from Troop 6 investigated a five car crash yesterday afternoon that greatly impacted rush hour traffic. 

A 1998 Dodge van (operated by Juan Cuzco, 35, of Silver Spring, Maryland) was northbound on I-95 in the left most center lane.  The van changed lanes to the right most middle lane and struck a 2004 Honda Pilot (operated by Theresa Herman, 58, of Onley, Maryland).

A 2007 Toyota Yaris (operated by Harmanjot Kaur, 25, of Vineland, New Jersey) was traveling behind the Pilot.  After witnessing the initial impact, the Toyota swerved to the left most middle lane where it struck a 2003 Honda Civic (operated by Ben Hedley, 27, of Portsmoth, Virginia).  The Toyota also struck a 2006 Mazda 3 (operated by Alyssa Schoenleber, 25, of Woodbury, New Jersey), also traveling in the left most center lane.

Luckily, only one injury was reported.  Aslyssa Schoenleber was transported to Christiana Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.  

Juan Cuzco was cited with making an unsafe lane change.