A 28-year-old man died in a one-vehicle crash along Silver Creek Road in Mill Spring on Tuesday, Nov. 8, according to the N.C. Highway Patrol.

Wayne Dickson of Saluda was killed when his 1993 BMW ran off the right side of the road and struck a tree, N.C. State Trooper G.F. McGraw said.
The wreck occurred at 7:57 a.m. Dickson was traveling east on Silver Creek Road.
McGraw said the cause of the wreck was exceeding safe speed for the curve involved. Dickson was not wearing a seat belt, McGraw said.