LEWES, Del. - Two people were taken to the hospital after a crash on Route 9 involving an ambulance Monday afternoon, according to Delaware State Police. Route 9 was closed to traffic shortly after 1 p.m. Monday afternoon.
The crash involved a car and an ambulance from the Lewes Fire Department near Shell We Bounce, though how it happened is still under investigation.
The driver of the car was flown to a hospital. A 17-year-old boy was also taken by ambulance to an area hospital in critical condition, according to the Lewes Fire Department. A spokesperson for the fire department says the ambulance was responding to another emergency and not yet carrying a patient when the crash happened.
The road has since reopened. This is a developing story.