A 68-year-old man with chronic alcoholism and cerebral atrophy presents to the emergency department 5 days after a minor fall from standing height. CT head shows a crescent-shaped hyperdense collection crossing cranial sutures, as marked **A** in the diagram. Which of the following best describes the mechanism of injury and the vascular structure responsible for this hemorrhage?
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