Press release from Asheville Police Department:
Asheville, NC (January 22, 2024): Asheville Police Department Patrol Officers are continuing to investigate a fatal motor vehicle accident that occurred Sunday afternoon on Sweeten Creek Road.
APD Patrol Officers responded to a motor vehicle crash with injury near the 75 block of Sweeten Creek Road around 4:27 p.m. on January 21. The preliminary investigation indicates a 2009 Honda Civic operated by Andrew Benjamin Freeman (06/23/1991) traveling northbound on Sweeten Creek Road near Caribou Road. Freeman attempted to illegally pass a vehicle at a high rate of speed, drove into oncoming traffic in the southbound lane, and then collided head-on with a 2018 Nissan Armada traveling in the southbound lane.
The driver of the 2018 Nissan Armada was transported to Mission Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Freeman was transported to Mission Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries; next of kin have been notified.
The investigation into this crash is ongoing, and APD is requesting anyone with information about the incident to contact them at 828-252-1110. Alternatively, you can send an anonymous tip by texting TIP2APD to 847411.
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