HIGH POINT, N.C. — High Point police said a missing man was found dead days after he crashed on I-74. Investigators said it turned out, the man was involved in a separate hit-and-run crash a few miles from the scene.
Police said they found the body of 33-year-old Eric L. Morrison down a steep embankment on Wednesday night. He'd been missing for several days. Investigators said he lost control of his vehicle, hit a guardrail, and was flung 75 feet from his vehicle. Police are still investigating what caused Morrison to lose control of his car.
Minutes before that crash, police said Morrison rear-ended a vehicle at the intersection of Wendover and Penny Road and took off. No one was injured in this initial crash.
Timeline
Jan. 6 at 11:30 p.m. — High Point officers responded to a hit-and-run crash at Wendover Avenue and Penny Road. Police said a driver rear-ended a car stopped at a red light at this intersection, then took off. No one was injured.
A few minutes later, there was another crash on I-74. Police said the suspect's vehicle in the hit-and-run crash matched the vehicle in the crash on I-74. Police identified the driver as Eric Morrison, but said they did not find him in his car. A K-9 track led officers to a street near his home but he wasn't found.
Jan. 8 — Morrison's family filed a missing person report.
Jan. 10 — High Point police searched all day for Morrison. Later on, a private search party member found Morrison's body at the bottom of a steep embankment. Police said he had a substantial head injury and was pronounced dead upon impact.
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