WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) -- A driver died after a crash in Winston-Salem on Thursday, according to a Winston-Salem Police Department news release. Around 6:30 pm, WSPD officers responded to a crash in the 2200 block of Thomasville Road. Arriving officers found a 2014 Chevrolet Spark. The driver was identified as Thomas Joseph Harper Jr., 71, of Winston-Salem. Investigators say the Spark was going south on Thomasville Road, went off the road to the right and hit a utility pole. Harper was the only person in the vehicle. He was pronounced dead on the scene.