DE Man David Zechman ID’d As Motorcyclist In Tuesday Wilmington Fatal I-95 Ramp Plunge

WILMINGTON, DE. (THECOUNT) — David Charles Zechman, of Wilmington, Delaware, has been identified as the victim in a fatal motorcycle crash Tuesday morning on Interstate 95.

Zechman, 27, died after he fell off the I-95 ramp onto the street below while operating a motorcycle Tuesday morning near M.L.K. Jr. Blvd.

According to the Delaware State Police, Zechman was operating a Yamaha R6 motorcycle on the I-95 ramp near North Adams Street, when he failed to negotiate a turn, made contact with a concrete barrier and was thrown from the bike. He then plunged to the street below near MLK around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Officials estimate Zechman fell about 50 feet to the street below.

Zechman was pronounced dead at the scene of blunt force trauma injuries.

The motorcycle remained on the ramp above after the wreck.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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Geo quick facts: Wilmington is a city in Delaware on the Christina and Delaware rivers. Downtown’s early-20th-century DuPont Building is part of the local du Pont family legacy, which is also evidenced at the Hagley Museum. Those grounds include the 1802 du Pont gunpowder works and the family’s Georgian-style home. The Old Swedes Church, between the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, is from 1698. Brandywine Park is to the north – wikipedia.