State troopers identified a person found near a car that submerged in a swamp after a deadly crash near Clinton as a Sampson County missing woman.
On Wednesday, troopers said they were called to a crash on Old Warsaw Road near Pope Road around 10:30 a.m.
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When they arrived, troopers said Brenda Lamb Register, 68, was found unresponsive in the water near the crash. Register had been missing since Tuesday, troopers said.
Troopers said Register was driving a 2012 Kia Sorento on Old Warsaw Road when her car crossed the centerline and ran off the road to the left. Troopers then said the car traveled into the Beaverdam Swamp, where it became submerged.
No other passengers were in the car at the time of the crash. The investigation is still ongoing.