Victim identified in fatal Brier Creek crash in Randolph County on July 4

Brayden Stamps and Justyn Melrose

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RANDOLPH COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has identified the man who was killed in a crash in Brier Creek on July 4 in Randolph County.

Around 1:22 p.m. Thursday, officers say they arrived in the area of ​​Little Uwharrie Road, near Kennedy Farm Road, in Randolph County.

Investigators say Eddie Wayne Fouts, 56, of Thomasville, was driving west on Little Uwharrie Road in a 1999 Ford Explorer when he veered off the road to the right on an embankment and overturned, crashing into Brier Creek.

A passing driver called law enforcement after spotting the vehicle in the creek.

Fouts was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police say they are still investigating what caused Fouts to leave the road.