ACCOMACK COUNTY, Va. — Virginia State Police are investigating a crash that left one person dead Friday morning.
It was around 1 a.m. when State Police was called to investigate a single-vehicle wreck on Chincoteague Road. That's east of Mosquito Creek Bridge.
The driver of a 2011 Ford F-350 was traveling eastbound on Chincoteague Road when the truck ran off the road and hit a guardrail.
The truck rolled over into the marsh and the driver was partially thrown from it.
Justin Richard Myers, 32, of Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, died instantly.
Officers at the scene found evidence that there was a passenger involved in the crash.
They were able to locate 25-year-old Marshall Shaffer. He has injuries not considered life-threatening.
Police said both the driver and the passenger were intoxicated at the time of the crash.
