RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Speeding may have been a factor in a single-car crash that left a man dead Tuesday, Raleigh Police said.
A blue 2009 Toyota Yaris was discovered shortly before 10:30 a.m. near the intersection of I-87 N and the off-ramp for New Hope Road. The vehicle was down an embankment to the right of the roadway.
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The driver, Jorge Ortega Jr., 27, was found dead inside the car. There were no passengers in the vehicle.
Investigators said it appears that Ortega was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control of his car.
The Toyota went toward the off-ramp of I87 N and New Hope Road when it left the roadway, colliding with a tree and then going down an embankment.
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Ortega died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash, police said.
No other vehicles appeared to be involved but the crash remains under investigation.