VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — A man died Monday morning after police say he crashed into the woods off Southern Boulevard in Virginia Beach.
Virginia Beach police said in a news release the man was driving west on Southern Boulevard from Birdneck Road around 5:30 a.m. when he crashed at the end of the road.
Police said someone discovered the vehicle overturned in the woods shortly after 8:15 a.m. and called emergency communications.
The man who was driving the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. He was later identified as 66-year-old John Thomas Hawkins III, of Virginia Beach.