MARYLAND STATE POLICE INVESTIGATING FATAL CRASH IN SOMERSET COUNTY

Somerset County, MD - Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal crash from Monday evening that claimed the life of a twenty-year-old man from Somerset County, Maryland.

The Maryland State Police have identified the deceased as Alexander Steve Dize, 20, of Princess Anne, Maryland. Dize was flown by Maryland State Police medevac to Tidal Health in Salisbury, where he was later pronounced deceased by hospital personnel. Dize was the front seat passenger in a 2013 Dodge Challenger.

The driver is identified as Braeden Lane Bloodsworth, 19, of Deal Island.  Bloodsworth was flown by Maryland State Police medevac to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore.

At approximately 7 p.m. last night, troopers from the Maryland State Police Princess Anne Barrack responded to a single-vehicle crash in the 27000 block of Crisfield-Marion Road in Marion, Maryland.  

The vehicle appeared to have left the roadway and hit a stand of trees, turning onto its side. Investigators believe speed may have contributed to the accident. 

The Somerset County Sheriff's Office and the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration assisted Maryland State Police at the scene. The Maryland State Police CRASH team is leading the investigation.