Body pulled from Neuse River identified as Elizabethtown truck driver

LENOIR COUNTY, NC (WNCT) — The body found in Lenoir County is that of a missing truck driver from Bladen County whose 18-wheeler was submerged in the Neuse River, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.

The driver was identified as 30-year-old Richard White Jr. from Elizabethtown.

Lenior County officials say body found in Neuse River. (Photo: WCTI)

The body was discovered near the boat ramp around 9 a.m. Saturday by duck hunters, according to Lenoir County Emergency Services.

In December of last year, multiple agencies searched the Neuse River on Highway 70 in Lenoir County to locate the driver of an 18-wheeler submerged in the body of water.