BURKE COUNTY, NC : 1 dead after Burke County motorcycle crash on Tuesday, 29th August 2023
Burke County, North Carolina
One person is dead after a motorcycle crash Tuesday evening in Burke County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol.
Troopers said the crash happened on Interstate 40 West near Carolina Street SE (Mile Marker 111) around 6:30 p.m.
A 2000 Yamaha motorcycle was traveling west in the right lane, tried to merge into the left lane and hit a 2011 GMC Yukon traveling in the left lane, troopers said.
Highway patrol said the motorcycle driver, Matthew Lunsford, 28, of Morganton, was ejected from the motorcycle and was hit by the Yukon. He was taken to a Morganton hospital where he died.
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