NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Newport News man died in a crash early Sunday morning on J. Clyde Morris Boulevard.

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Police say they received a call just before 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning for the crash in the 700 block of J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, between Jefferson Avenue and I-64.

When officers arrived on scene, they located a vehicle that crashed into a tree. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, 34-year-old Darryl J. Patterson, was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The investigation into the crash was ongoing as of Monday morning.