Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal crash involving an EMS vehicle in Milton.
A Ford Bronco travelling north on Mulberry Street was approaching Milton-Ellendale Highway at the same time that a Sussex County EMS Chevrolet Suburban, which was responding to an emergency call with its emergency equipment activated, was approaching the same intersection on Milton-Ellendale Highway, police said.
The preliminary investigation showed the Bronco going past a stop sign and into the path of the EMS vehicle, causing a collision on the passenger side of the Bronco. The Bronco struck a tree after the collision.
The driver of the Bronco was a 74-year-old woman from Ellendale, who was taken to the hospital, where she died. Police are withholding her name until family is notified.
The driver of the EMS vehicle was a 38-year-old woman who is a Sussex County Paramedic. She went to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
