SUPPLY, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highway patrol says an 80-year-old man was found dead after he drove around a roadblock into high water. The highway patrol responded shortly after midnight Tuesday to a report of a submerged vehicle on state Route 211 in Brunswick County. Sheriff’s Office vehicles were stopped in the road with their lights activated aiming to prevent cars from entering a flooded area. But the highway patrol says Richard Robinson drove around them. The vehicle became completely submerged and a responding swift water rescue team wasn’t able to find it. A dive team later found the vehicle and Robinson dead inside.… Continue Reading
