The state Highway Patrol said the death of Gregory Willis Ricks, of Sam Powell Dairy Road, was reported Thursday night.
The crash occurred shortly before 1:30 a.m. when the 2007 Volkswagen Ricks was driving crossed the center line and ran off the road to the left, according to a draft report by Trooper S.R. Corn. The vehicle then traveled down an embankment and collided with several small trees before striking a large tree. The vehicle came to rest on its side.
A passenger in the vehicle, Christine Nicole Livesay, 31, of Roanoke Rapids, was partially ejected from the vehicle.
Both were transported to Vidant in Greenville. There was no immediate update on Livesay’s condition, the Highway Patrol said this morning.
Alcohol use is suspected, according to Corn’s report.
