MIDDLETOWN, Del. (AP) — A Maryland man was struck and killed while walking along a Delaware highway after his car hit a guardrail, authorities said.
Esteban Pantoja-Gordillo, 34, of Marydel, Maryland, was killed early Sunday on State Route 1 in Middletown, the Delaware State Police said in a news release.
Pantoja-Gordillo was traveling southbound on the highway when his car struck a guardrail in the center median, police said. He left his disabled car and began walking in the highway’s right lane, where he was struck by a car driven by a 41-year-old Smyrna woman.
Pantoja-Gordillo, who was wearing all dark, non-reflective clothing and not carrying a light, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver of the car that struck Pantoja-Gordillo and her three passengers weren’t injured. She was not impaired, police said.
The road was closed for about three hours.
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