(This is a developing story and has been updated with new information.)

One person was killed and eight others were hurt − some seriously − after a fleeing U-Haul van sped down Main Street in Newark and plowed into a handful of people and cars, police and fire officials said.

The crash occurred a little after 4:30 p.m. on April 29. It closed the street in Newark’s downtown and shuttered several businesses for hours as police investigated.

While numerous questions remain, here’s what we know.

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How did this begin?

The incident unfolded after Newark police found a U-Haul van in a parking lot that “had been reported as an unauthorized use vehicle on April 28,” police said in a news release sent at about 7:30 p.m. on April 29.

The van had originally been rented but wasn’t returned on its March 18 due date. Two people were returning to the van, which was parked in a lot in the 200 block of East Main St.

When officers went to arrest the driver and passenger, they got in the van and fled, police said.

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Was this a police chase?

No.

Police said when officers went to arrest the duo, they drove over a curb and hit a marked Newark police car. They then “disregarded officer commands and exited the parking lot at a high rate of speed,” police said.

“Newark officers did not engage in a vehicle pursuit and remained in the shopping center,” the department said.

Who and what was hit?

Police said the van sped west on East Main Street and first hit two 24-year-old University of Delaware graduate students who were standing by a parked car. A woman was killed, while the other suffered “serious” injuries, police said.

The van then continued down the street, hitting “multiple” parked cars. Six other people were hurt as the van barreled down the street.

The van ultimately “became disabled,” police said.

How many people were hurt?

According to police and Aetna Hose, Hook & Ladder Company, nine people were injured, including the woman killed.

They included:

• The woman killed
• 2 “seriously” injured and taken to Christiana Hospital
• 3 with non-life-threatening injuries
• 3 evaluated on scene but declined further treatment by firefighters or paramedics

The driver of the van was one of those seriously injured, police said. It’s unclear if his passenger was hurt.

Who was the person killed?

Police have not yet released her name. It will be publicized once family has been notified, the department said.

In a statement issued after the crash, the University of Delaware confirmed that the person killed was a student and some of the other people injured were also UD students.

What has University of Delaware said?

Late Tuesday, the university offered condolences and student recourses.

“This is a terrible tragedy for everyone in our UD community,” UD President Dennis Assanis and other officials wrote. “We speak for the entire University in offering our condolences to the families, friends and classmates of the victims, and keep the other members of our community in our thoughts who may have witnessed the crash and its aftermath.”

University officials reiterated that Newark Police was not yet releasing names of those involved.

With no ongoing threat, UD encouraged people to seek and give support to fellow students.

The Center for Counseling and Student Development has counselors and Student Life staff available in Warner Hall 101 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Other resources and virtual options are also available.

Have any charges been filed?

Yes.

The driver, 22-year-old Gordon Turner, of New Castle, has been charged with two counts of murder and several other charges.

Who is Gordon Turner, the man police said drove the U-Haul?

Police said Turner, from New Castle, was a fugitive wanted in three states: Georgia, Pennsylvania and Maryland.

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