Police: Driver killed when car runs off road, hits tree in Dover

Delaware State Police say a 48-year-old Dover man was killed when the car he was driving went into a private yard and struck a tree. 

Police say the crash happened Friday afternoon when the Nissan Altima failed to negotiate a curve on Wyoming Mill Road in the Dover area. 

The car went off the road and into a yard, where it hit a tree. 

Police say the driver wasn’t wearing a seat belt and he was pulled from the car just before it caught fire. 

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

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