Crime & Safety
Odenton Man Dies, Other Driver Hurt In Severn Crash That's Under Investigation: Police
An Odenton man died in a Severn crash this weekend, police said. The other driver was hospitalized. Officers are still investigating.
SEVERN, MD — Police announced that an Odenton man died Friday after a Severn crash. Officers identified the victim as 59-year-old Joseph Albert Fletcher. The other driver in the wreck was seriously injured and went to the University of Maryland R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore, authorities added.
The two-vehicle accident happened around 9 p.m. on Telegraph Road under the Maryland Route 100 overpass. A 2001 Honda Accord sedan was heading north while a 2016 Toyota Tacoma pick-up truck was traveling south and approaching the same intersection on Telegraph Road.
The cars then collided head on. A press release said the Anne Arundel County Fire Department pronounced Fletcher, who drove the Honda, dead on the scene.
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The Anne Arundel County Police Department is still investigating the cause of the crash.
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