MECKLENBURG, Va. (WWBT) - A driver is dead after Virginia State Police say he was shot at while driving along I-85 on Thursday.

On Aug. 28, around 3:47 p.m., VSP responded to the mile 5 marker on I-85 in Mecklenburg County for a reported shooting.

Troopers say they found a Honda Civic that had driven off the right side of the road and stopped in a culvert.

The driver was pronounced dead at the scene.

A passenger was taken to the hospital but has since been released.

Anyone with information should call Virginia State Police at (804) 674-2000.

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