Breaking News: Retired Marshall Police Chief Mike Boone Killed by Wrong-Way Driver on I-26
August 3 , 2024Mars Hill, North Carolina — August 2, 2024 — According to the Citizen Times, the Madison County and Yancey County communities are mourning the loss of Mike Boone, 54, who was struck and killed by a driver just two days after retiring following 32 years in law enforcement.
Boone, who retired as chief of Marshall Police Department on August 1, 2024, after serving ten years as chief, was struck and killed by a wrong-way driver on Interstate 26 near Exit 11 for Mars Hill just before 11 p.m. August 2, 2024, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol confirmed.
Boone was leaving Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College’s Enka campus, where he was cross-sworn and still worked part-time as a law enforcement officer, and heading to his home in Yancey County, where he lives with his wife, Jennifer.
According to Sgt. P.J. Morgan with the N.C. Highway Patrol, a driver operating a 2019 Jaguar, which is being investigated as a report of a stolen vehicle by the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lane of I-26 when it collided head-on with Boone, who was driving his Ford pickup truck.
The driver of the 2019 Jaguar, whose identification has not been released, also died.
Morgan said while the 2019 Jaguar was not reported stolen at the time, the State Highway Patrol contacted the owner, who said he was out of state and unaware of anyone possessing it at the time.
Morgan said he sent two N.C. Highway Patrol troopers to the residence listed in connection with the 2019 Jaguar and ultimately instructed the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office to investigate a breaking-and-entering and a report of a stolen vehicle related to the 2019 Jaguar.
Boone leaves behind his wife, Jennifer; daughter, Morganne; and granddaughter, Mikenlee.
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