A man driving the wrong way died after crashing head-on into a Delaware State Trooper patrol car Thursday evening, according to police.
Police said a 77-year-old Millsboro man was traveling north in the southbound lanes of Route 1 in Dover when he hit the patrol car head-on near the North Little Creek Road exit just before 6 p.m.
Police said the man, who was not wearing his seatbelt, died at the scene. A dog in the car also died.
The 22-year-old State Trooper driving the patrol car suffered non-life-threatening injuries, but was airlifted to Christiana Hospital.
A heavily damaged Delaware State Police Car could be seen as SkyForce10 hovered above. A silver car, identified as a 2010 Chevrolet Aveo was also seen flipped over in the median.
An investigation into the crash continued.
Originally, police had said the driver of the vehicle was a woman.
