Firefighter Killed in Crash
465 views · Published 31 January 2014 · 2:02 · Indexed 29 September 2026
Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2014 · News & Politics
An 18-year-old Henderson County volunteer firefighter was killed in a car wreck in Transylvania County this morning.The Highway Patrol says Gregory Gilbert was heading east on US 64 near Vineyard Loop Road, when he ran off the road and hit a tree.He was pronounced dead at the scene.Troopers say he was wearing his seat belt and that speed may have been a factor in the crash.Gilbert worked with the Etowah Horseshoe Volunteer Fire Department. _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
