The North Carolina Highway Patrol said the Kia Sorrento was spotted by passing drivers at daylight, but the crash likely happened hours before.
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Based on a preliminary investigation, troopers said 52-year-old Walid Ahmad Abu-Hamra of Raleigh may have hydroplaned on the wet highway before travelling through the right shoulder and into a tree.
There were lengthy delays in the area while emergency crews recovered his body and pulled the SUV onto a wrecker.
All lanes of the highway reopened around 9 a.m.
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