KINSTON, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina authorities say a body found in the Neuse River is that of a truck driver missing since a winter storm in December.
The state Highway Patrol tells WRAL-TV that the body of 29-year-old Richard Odell White Jr. of Elizabethtown was found Saturday near a boat landing near Kinston.
Pinky & Son of Chadbourn confirmed that White was a driver for that company.
It was Dec. 9, 2018, when a passer-by reported that a truck appeared to have struck guardrails on both sides of the U.S. Highway 70 bridge over the Neuse River.
First responders and paramedics saw a tractor-trailer in the water, and a long stretch of guardrail was missing. A dive team from Beaufort County searched for a body for two days.
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Information from: WRAL-TV, http://www.wral.com
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