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Oct 23, 2018
Rehoboth Beach Police are asking for the assistance of anyone who may have witnessed a vehicle collision that occurred on North First Street, just outside Nicola Pizza, on Sunday evening at around 9:30pm.
Officers responded to the scene of collision and located two damaged vehicles, one of the vehicles, a gray 2008 Toyota Rav4 with Delaware registration, was found resting on its driver side in the southbound lane of North First Street just south of Baltimore Avenue. Through investigative efforts officers determined that just prior to the collision the Toyota was traveling southbound on First Street when it left the southbound lane of travel striking a legally parked gray 2018 Mercedes CLA 250 with New Jersey registration. During the collision, the front passenger side of the Toyota struck the rear driver side of the Mercedes causing the Toyota to roll onto its driver side where it came to rest.
Officers discovered that the driver of the Toyota was assisted out of the vehicle by a witness on scene and subsequently fled the scene on foot. The suspect driver was last seen headed west on Baltimore Avenue. An area search was conducted, but was unsuccessful.
Both vehicle were inoperable and were towed from the scene.
Anyone with information about this collision is asked to please contact Cpl. Eric Hiller at (302) 227-2577 or submit a tip through Delaware Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-847-3333 or online at http://delaware.crimestoppersweb.com. Anyone with information can also submit a tip online to the Rehoboth Beach Police Department via our webpage at https://www.cityofrehoboth.com/form/government/departments/police/submi….
Release by PIO Lt. Jaime Riddle.
