Crime & Safety
Edgewater ATV Driver Dies from Crash Injuries: Police
The 18-year-old driver may have been speeding, police say, and was not wearing a helmet when his ATV crashed into trees.
An Edgewater teenager died Monday night from injuries suffered after his speeding all-terrain vehicle went off a road and crashed into trees.
ATV driver Jeremy A. DePhillip, 18, of Oak Lane in Edgewater was fatally injured in the single-vehicle accident reported about 4 p.m. Sunday, according to Anne Arundel County Police.
Investigators say DePhillip’s Can-am Outlander ATV 4-wheeler was traveling at a high rate of speed on Oak Lane toward Central Avenue. DePhillip failed to negotiate a sharp curve and the four-wheeler went off the road, striking several trees.
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DePhillip was taken by helicopter to University of Maryland Shock Trauma, where he later died from him injuries.
The cause of the crash is failure to remain right of center with speed being a major contributing factor, police said. There was no suspicion of alcohol use.
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The driver was not wearing protective gear or a helmet.
Police continue to investigate the cause of the accident.
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