Trooper R.P. Dennis of the state Highway Patrol said Carlton Lee Burgess, 57, was driving on Highway 4 about two miles south of Littleton shortly after 6:30 p.m. when he went left of the center line and struck a ditch. The vehicle's passenger's side then struck a tree.
Burgess had to be extricated from the vehicle. He was initially taken to Halifax Regional Medical Center and then to Vidant in Greenville where he died early Saturday morning.
Dennis said alcohol use is suspected.
