NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A driver was ejected after crashing off I-64 on Tuesday night in Newport News.

The vehicle crashed through an embankment, struck a a tree and then caught fire, Fire Chief Wesley Rogers says. The driver was conscious when crews arrived and taken to the hospital.

The crash happened around 9 p.m. on westbound I-64 around Oyster Point (mile markers 255 and 256) and only involved the single vehicle.

A cause of the crash has not be shared at this time.

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