{"id":10766,"date":"2026-01-27T10:18:44","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/?p=10766"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:19:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:19:32","slug":"new-castle-co-bartender-driver-arrested-in-fatal-car-vs-semi-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/delaware-truck-accidents\/new-castle-co-bartender-driver-arrested-in-fatal-car-vs-semi-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"New Castle Co. bartender, driver arrested in fatal car vs. semi crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW CASTLE, DE &#8211; Earlier this month, authorities arrested a New Castle County bartender in connection to fatal collision that happened late last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/bartender-charged-overseing-driver-deadly-crash-delaware\/4337931\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">According to NBC 10 Philadelphia<\/a>, the crash occurred around 1 a.m. on Saturday, November 15th, at the intersection of US-40, or the North Dupont Highway, and Christina Road in New Castle.<\/p>\n<p>Police say that Ashley Wright was impaired when she lost control of her southbound Lexus ES 350 and rear-ended a Kenworth 18-wheeler.<\/p>\n<p>The impact of the crash ejected and fatally injured a rear passenger from the Lexus.<\/p>\n<p>Wright was arrested after being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at an area hospital.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, January 14th, police arrested 30-year-old Nia Jones for allegedly overserving Wright at the Emmaculate Sports Bar prior to the accident.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1EN7rgElwSV04Xjmay1q6kJEXbL2l_B8&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re grieving the loss of a family member in a New Castle County truck accident caused by a drunk driver, you absolutely deserve justice. The Delaware big rig attorneys at Truck Accident Lawyers LLC are equipped to take charge of your family&#8217;s case and to demand just recourse for the tragedy you&#8217;ve endured. Call our team today at <strong>(888) 774-5836<\/strong> or visit us <a href=\"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a> for a free consultation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW CASTLE, DE &#8211; Earlier this month, authorities arrested a New Castle County bartender in connection to fatal collision that happened late last year. According to NBC 10 Philadelphia, the crash occurred around 1 a.m. on Saturday, November 15th, at the intersection of US-40, or the North Dupont Highway, and Christina Road in New Castle. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-delaware-truck-accidents"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10766"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10770,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10766\/revisions\/10770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/truckaccidentlawyers.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}