Police identify man in fatal Laurel collision
By LAUREL — Delaware State Police have identified the man who died in a vehicle collision involving a school bus Monday as Taylor Maurer, 21, of Millsboro.
Mr. Maurer was driving a Honda Civic south on East Trap Pond Road when it failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection with Hardscrabble Road and traveled directly into the path of a Sussex Montessori Public Charter School bus, authorities said. The bus driver tried to swerve to avoid the Civic but was unable to do so.
Police said Mr. Maurer was not wearing a seat belt and was pronounced dead at the scene.
The bus driver, a 34-year-old woman from Bridgeville was wearing her seat belt. She was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and later released.
One student was airlifted and admitted to a hospital for serious injuries. Twelve other students were taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries and later released.
