12/18/1972 AD died
Shortly after Joe became U.S. senator-elect, Neilia was driving with her three children west along rural Valley Road. At the intersection with Delaware Route 7 (Limestone Road), she pulled out in front of a tractor-trailer truck traveling north along Route 7.
Police determined that Neilia drove into the path of the tractor-trailer, possibly because her head was turned and she did not see the oncoming truck.
All four occupants were taken to Wilmington General Hospital. Neilia and Naomi were pronounced dead on arrival, but Beau and Hunter both survived with multiple serious injuries.
Two weeks after the accident, Joe was sworn into the Senate at the hospital, where Beau and Hunter were being treated.[2] Neilia and Naomi were buried in St. Joseph on the Brandywine Cemetery in Greenville, DE
Lattitude: 39.7875° N
Longitude: 75.6966° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
