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85-Year-Old Man Dies Days After Head-On Odenton Crash: Police

Thomas Charles Knuckey, an 85-year-old Odenton man, died Wednesday, days after being involved in a head-on collision.

ODENTON, MD— A head-on collision that took place earlier this week in Odenton has resulted in a second death, Anne Arundel County Police said Thursday.

Authorities said in a release that 85-year-old Thomas Charles Knuckey, of Odenton, had died from injuries suffered in the Monday head-on collision.

The crash had taken place on Piney Orchard Parkway near Ransom Drive. Police responded to the scene shortly before 3:30 p.m.

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Knuckey was pronounced dead at the hospital on Wednesday.

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Police previously said that Amelia Knuckey, 85, had been pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

The Knuckeys were the only individuals inside the 2020 Hyundai Tucson that was struck by the 62-year-old driver of a 2013 Lexus RX350.

The collision unfolded when the Lexus driver failed to steer the car around a curve on southbound Piney Orchard Parkway, according to investigators. Thomas had been driving on the northbound lanes when the Lexus struck the vehicle he was driving.

The Lexus driver has not been identified but police said she had suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Police had initially described Thomas' injuries as non-life-threatening.

An investigation into the crash remains ongoing.

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