Edgewater Man Dies 3 Weeks After Crash In Anne Arundel County: Police

EDGEWATER, MD — Police announced that an Edgewater man died about three weeks after he got in a car accident. Officers identified the victim as 78-year-old Richard Mills Dykeman. Authorities noted that he died last Wednesday.

The Edgewater crash happened on Oct. 19 around 6:35 a.m. A 2006 Suzuki XL7 was heading north on Central Avenue, approaching a green signal for Mayo Road.

Police alleged that a 2003 Chevrolet Malibu, driven by Dykeman, tried to turn left from southbound Central Avenue onto Mayo Road. Officers stated that the Chevrolet sedan crossed in front of the Suzuki SUV. The Suzuki could not avoid hitting the passenger side of the turning Chevrolet, authorities said.

A press release added that medics flew Dykeman to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore with serious injuries. Officials listed his cause of death as complications from the wounds that he sustained in the wreck.

The Anne Arundel County Police Department thinks the primary cause of the accident was the Chevrolet's failure to yield to the oncoming Suzuki.

The Suzuki driver did not report any injuries.

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