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Man dies at hospital after being thrown from car in Suffolk crash

Posted at 2:25 PM, Jan 15, 2017
and last updated 2017-01-16 07:59:21-05
(Photo: Suffolk PD)

(Photo: Suffolk PD)

SUFFOLK, Va. – A man has died from his injuries after being thrown from his car after a two vehicle crash at Route 58 westbound at the Downtown Suffolk exit Sunday.

Police received a call about the crash at 12:42 p.m.

According to police, an Acura hit a minivan, ran off the roadway and landed in a wooded area.

The driver of the Acura was ejected.

All of the people involved in the crash received medical treatment by Suffolk Fire & Rescue personnel.

The people in the minivan, two adults and two juveniles, were not injured.

The man thrown from the car was airlifted by Nightingale to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries Monday morning.

He was identified as 21-year-old Eric Zivan Brown of Suffolk.

The Downtown Suffolk exit on Route 58 westbound will be closed and traffic will being detoured for accident reconstruction for several hours Monday, starting at 10 a.m.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.