Delaware County

Pickup Strikes Worker Cleaning Up Along Delaware County Road

Police have identified the man struck by a Ford pick-up truck on Route 1 in Middletown, Delaware County as a PennDOT subcontractor. According to police, the man was picking up trash from the roadway when he was struck.

A pickup truck struck a subcontractor working for PennDOT in Delaware County Tuesday morning.

The incident happened in the northbound lanes of Route 1 in Middletown around 9:20 a.m.

According to PennDOT, a subcontractor was picking up trash from the roadway when he was struck.

The worker was medevaced to Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia with non-life-threatening injuries, said state police..

The victim is an employee of a company that is contracted by PennDOT to clean up trash from the roadways.

The incident remained under investigation Tuesday afternoon but police didn't expect to file any charges.

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