RMPD Investigates Fatal Motor Vehicle Crash

Rocky Mount, N.C. – On November 19, 2022, at approximately 2:00 a.m., the Rocky Mount Police responded to a crash with injury in the 11000 blk of Hwy 97E. It was reported the vehicle was on fire. When officers arrived, the Rocky Mount Fire Department was on-scene, extinguishing the vehicle fire. Robby Griffin (46) was found deceased in the vehicle's driver's seat.

The Rocky Mount Police Department's Traffic Crash Reconstruction Unit was notified to lead the investigation. The preliminary investigation determined Griffin was traveling westbound on Hwy 97E in his 2002 Subaru Forester when his vehicle ran off the right side of the road and down a steep embankment before colliding with a tree.

The Traffic Unit continues to investigate this fatal motor vehicle collision. Anyone with information to call the Rocky Mount Police Department at 252-972-1411, call Crimestoppers at 252-977-1111 for cash rewards, or Text-A-Tip (text RMPOL and your message to 274637).