Fatal motorcycle wreck
A man was found dead Tuesday, March 31, of injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident the previous evening.
N.C. Highway Patrolman Denny Wood identified the victim as 60-year-old Billy Dale Miller Jr., of Peaceful Pines, Tuckasegee.
The wreck, which occurred on N.C. 281 near Oak Ridge Church Road, is believed to have happened around 7:10 p.m., Wood said. The family started a search that night when Miller did not return, but he was not reported missing by authorities until the next day, according to Wood.
The Jackson County Rescue Squad began a search, and the wreckage was discovered about 4:05 p.m., Wood said.
