The driver, Richard Walton Robinson, was in a blue Subaru Crosstrek SUV when he drove around sheriff’s office vehicles and into high water.

It never became a tropical depression, but Potential Tropical Cyclone Eight brought rain totals like North Carolina hasn't seen in hundreds of years.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has closed several state roads in southeastern North Carolina as a result of Monday’s storm. NCDOT said the closures will continue for the foreseeable future.