CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A man has died following a crash that happened on I-485 Inner near exit 65 early Wednesday morning, North Carolina Highway Patrol reports.
According to the highway patrol, a Hyundai passenger car was traveling north on the exit ramp when it traveled off of the roadway to the left, struck the ditch, and a tree. Officials say the vehicle continued to travel north, struck a second tree and then caught on fire.
The driver of the vehicle, 22-year-old Nicholas Ryan Poole, was ejected, highway patrol confirms.
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