Elderly man dies from injuries in Wrightsville Ave. wreck

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — An elderly man involved in a fatal crash on Wrightsville Avenue earlier this week has died.

Police say an 89-year-old Jean Rogers was driving a BMW on Tuesday afternoon, with a 93-year-old man in the passenger seat. When Rogers started to make a left turn from Southerland Ave. onto Wrightsville Ave., Rogers pulled in front of a Chevy Trailblazer which was travelling west on Wrightsville.

Jean suffered critical internal injuries and was taken to NHRMC, where she died a short time after the crash.

The driver’s husband Ronald Rogers also suffered multiple broken ribs, but died on Saturday.