SWANNANOA, N.C. (828newsNOW) — After investigating the death, which occurred earlier this week in Swannanoa, the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office has reported that pedestrian Saeid Mohammad Khoshnoud, 71, was killed in a reported motor vehicle crash at 1916 U.S. Highway 70 on Monday, June 8.
According to a press release from BCSO, “the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, along with Swannanoa Fire, Buncombe EMS, and the North Carolina Highway Patrol responded to what was reported as a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian” around 11 p.m., where they discovered a man, Khoshnoud, “lying in the roadway with serious injuries.”
Khoshnoud was transported to Mission Hospital, where he later died.
If you have any information regarding this death, please contact the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office at 828-250-4462.
This story has been updated with additional information from a previous version.