BURKE COUNTY, N.C. — A 61-year-old driver was killed Wednesday afternoon in a single-vehicle wreck in Burke County, state troopers said.
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Ricky Lynn Buchanan, of Jonas Ridge, was driving a 2005 Dodge Dakota east on N.C. Highway 183 near Parkway Road when he lost control, went off the left side of the road, and hit a tree.
He died at the scene.
Speed and impairment were not contributing factors in the collision, according to the initial investigation.
The highway was closed for about two hours.