DEWEY BEACH, Del. - Police have identified a man who was struck and killed by a car along a highway in a Delaware beach town after they say he was forced out of a rideshare vehicle following an argument with the driver.Sidney Wolf, 43, of Clarksburg, Maryland died just before 1:45 a.m.
Sunday on Coastal Highway near Anchors Way in Dewey Beach.Police say Wolf and five others hired a Lyft driver to pick them up in Dewey Beach and take them to their residence in nearby Bethany Beach.After a disagreement with the group, police say the driver stopped the vehicle in the middle of the southbound lanes of Coastal Highway, terminated the ride, and demanded the passengers exit.Authorities say a car traveling southbound swerved to miss the Lyft driver’s stopped vehicle and struck Wolf who had just exited and was standing in the roadway.Police say Wolf died at the scene.
The other passengers were not injured. The striking vehicle pulled over to the shoulder.Detectives say the driver of the Lyft vehicle fled southbound on Coastal Highway immediately after the crash.