ASHEVILLE, N.C. – A fatal motor vehicle collision is being investigated after a motorcycle operator was hit and killed, according to a news release.
The release states that on September 9, officials responded to a call regarding to a motor vehicle accident on Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 377.
Buncombe County Fire arrived on the scene and found the motorcycle operator, 67-year-old Albertaus Peek, deceased.
Investigation claims Peek was traveling with a group of riders and failed to navigate a turn and hit a vehicle that was traveling the opposite direction.
The driver of the vehicle sustained minor injuries.
