NORFOLK, Va. β A teenager was killed when someone opened fire on an SUV on Interstate 64 west in Norfolk on Thursday evening, according to Crime Insider sources.
Sources said a driver entered I-64 west in Hampton before someone in another vehicle began shooting at them. The driver then took the Military Highway exit before being hit from behind and forced off the road, over a guardrail and into a ditch.
Troopers were called to the crash at 7:35 p.m. after a silver BMW SUV was shot at by another vehicle between the Northampton Boulevard on-ramp and the exit for Military Highway (Exit 281), according to Virginia State Police.
"In an attempt to flee the gunfire, the driver lost control of the vehicle and crashed while trying to take Exit 281," troopers said.
Four of the five people in the SUV, all teenagers, were taken to an area hospital, officials said.
A 19-year-old man, who was a passenger in the vehicle, died from an apparent gunshot wound at the hospital on Friday, according to troopers.
WATCH: Man killed after someone opened fire on SUV full of teens on I-64
Troopers said the vehicle that fired on the teens was "described as possibly an SUV."
Officials believe there is "no immediate threat" to drivers and called what happened an "isolated incident."
Authorities closed I-64 west at Northampton Boulevard while they investigated. All lanes reopened by 1:35 a.m.
This marks the second recent deadly shooting on the busy interstate. A blue Honda SUV crashed into a guardrail on I-64 east in York County on Wednesday, Sept. 24. That vehicle's driver was taken to an area hospital, where she died from a gunshot wound.
Troopers urged anyone who witnessed or has information about either shooting to call Virginia State Police at 804-750-8788 or by email at info@vsp.virginia.gov.
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