SHP investigating deadly crash near Sunny Point

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Two people are dead after a car flips and ends up in a ditch near Sunny Point.

Trooper Gore wit the Highway Patrol said it happened on Highway 87 near the Sunny Point Military Terminal entrance this morning around 10:30 a.m. He said the driver died on scene while a passenger died at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Their names have not been released until their families are notified.

No word on what caused the crash.