LAUREL, Del.- Delaware State Police have identified a woman who was struck and killed by a motorcycle Friday morning in front of Epworth Christian School in Laurel.
The victim was identified as 78-year-old Eleanor B. Pusey of Laurel.
Police said the accident occurred shortly after 9 a.m., as 28-year-old Matthew A. Kondash, also of Laurel, was operating his 1982 Yamaha motorcycle eastbound on Sycamore Road toward Beaver Dam Branch Road east of Laurel.
Troopers said Kondash was approaching a sharp right curve, while just ahead of him was a vehicle traveling in the same direction that was in the process of negotiating the same curve. This curve was marked with a solid double yellow line indicating a no passing zone, police noted.
Investigators said Kondash closed in on the vehicle and maneuvered his motorcycle into the westbound lane, while still negotiating the curve, and began going around the vehicle. Authorities said that as the motorcycle exited the curve, Kondash switched back into the eastbound lane of travel. Police said that at this same time, Pusey was walking from Epworth Christian School, which was located on the north side of the road, to the south side of the road where the school children were participating in a field day event. Pusey was then struck by the motorcycle in the roadway and later pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
