6th Person Dies In PG County Wreck: Police

BOWIE, MD -- A sixth person has died from a crash that killed five children in Bowie earlier this month.

Maryland State Police identified the sixth victim as 23-year-old Cornell D. Simon of Oxon Hill, who died Feb. 15, according to an MSP statement.

Simon was the right front seat passenger in the 2005 Chrysler Pacific that left the roadway headed northbound on Route 301 on Feb. 2, the statement reads.

Five children -- London Dixon, 8, and Paris Dixon, 5, both from Bowie, Md., and Zion Beard, 14, Rickelle Ricks, 6, and Damari Herald, 15, of Washington, D.C. -- were pronounced dead at the scene.

The only survivor of the crash is the driver, 32-year-old Dominique Taylor of Bowie.

Authorities are investigating to determine whether charges will be filed in the case.

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