Police investigating two men dead in crash on I-495 in Delaware

The Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal crash that left two men dead on Monday afternoon in Wilmington, Delaware.

A 45-year-old man and a 52-year-old man, both from Wilmington, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

On June 26 at approximately 4:41 p.m., a Ford Ranger sideswiped a tractor on I-495 causing the car to spin out of control toward the right shoulder and hit the concrete embankment under the 12th Street overpass and overturned the Ford onto the grass shoulder, police said.

The tractor was traveling in the right lane of I-495 southbound toward the 12th Street overpass at the same time that the Ford Ranger was traveling, at what police say was a high rate of speed, in the center lane of I-495 also toward the overpass. The Ford then entered the right lane and hit the tractor.

Both the driver of the Ford and the passenger were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash.

The driver of the tractor, a 35-year-old man from Silver Spring, Pa., was not injured.

Authorities have not released the identities of the victims pending notification to their families.

The crash closed I-495 southbound at East 12th Street. Southbound lanes later reopened.

The incident is currently under investigation and police are asking anyone who witnessed what happened to reach out to them.

This story is developing. Check back for updates.