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Passenger Dies in Automobile Crash Released – Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Frankford – On June 22nd at approximately 9:50 p.m., a serious injury crash occurred on Omar Road (CR 54) one half mile west of Armory Road (SR 20), Frankford. The passenger of the 1999 Dodge Intrepid has died as a result of injuries sustained in this collision. The crash occurred when the operator of the vehicle, Timothy S. Howard, 24, of Dagsboro was traveling westbound on Omar Road west of Armory Road and failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway. He left the north edge of the roadway and traveled into a steep drainage ditch colliding with a driveway culvert. As a result, the automobile overturned several times before coming to a rest in a field. Timothy was transported to Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD with non-life threatening injuries and later released. The passenger, Michael J. Cline, 24, of Millsboro was initially transported to Beebe Hospital in Lewes and then flown to Christiana Hospital in Newark with serious life-threatening injuries. He succumbed to those injuries on Monday, July 14th. The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending. Alcohol is being considered as a factor. The driver was wearing a seatbelt and the passenger was not.
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