UPDATE: One ejected from vehicle in Brunswick County Highway 17 rollover crash

BOLIVIA, NC (WWAY) –One person was ejected from a vehicle during a Friday afternoon crash in Brunswick County.

Bolivia Fire Department members responded to reports of a motor vehicle rollover, arriving to find one person ejected, and four others with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

Crews assisted BCEMS in the stabilization of the driver and four passengers before they were taken to local hospitals.

According to North Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 2 p.m. when the SUV was going south on Highway 17 in the right lane, and switched lanes.

When it did, it collided with a vehicle in the SUV’s blind spot. The SUV then overturned.

The driver was charged with improper lane change, and not wearing a seatbelt.