The man succumbed to his injuries the day following the day of accident.

Answer: Option B

Resist : withstand the action or effect of.
Yielded : give way to arguments, demands, or pressure.
Fell : cut down (a tree).
Died : (of a person, animal, or plant) stop living.
Succumbed : fail to resist pressure, temptation, or some other negative force.

Synonym of Succumbed is Resist