WILMINGTON, Del. — Wilmington Police are investigating a fatal hit-and-run collision after determining that a 38-year-old man found dead in a city roadway last week had been struck by a vehicle that fled the scene.
On Thursday, October 15, 2026, at approximately 1:47 p.m., officers from the Wilmington Police Department’s Uniformed Services Division responded to the 900 block of Guyer Avenue following a report of a deceased individual.
When officers arrived, they located an unresponsive 38-year-old man who was found to be deceased. Investigators subsequently determined that the man had been lying in the roadway when he was struck by a vehicle. The driver fled the area following the collision…