Dover officer in fatal 2018 crash while off duty charged with manslaughter

A Dover police officer has been charged with causing a fatal, chain-reaction crash with his personal pickup while off-duty in September, according to authorities. 

A grand jury last week indicted Frederick Pierce, who had been on leave with pay from the Dover Police Department since the crash, on charges of manslaughter, third-degree assault, speeding and second-offense use of an electronic device while driving.

Pierce was 29 years old when he crashed his Chevrolet Silverado into a stopped Ford Flex on southbound South DuPont Highway near Walnut Shade Road, state police said in September 2018. The Flex's driver, 44-year-old Catina Isaacs, died in the crash. 

Off-duty Dover officer sparked fatal, five-car crash in Dover

Issacs' car then crashed into the back of a UPS truck that hit another Silverado that then hit a Buick Envision, state police said. Pierce and the UPS driver were hurt in the crash.

The Dover Police Department put Pierce on leave without pay after the indictment.

Contact Adam Duvernay at (302) 319-1855 or aduvernay@delawareonline.com

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