SPRUCE PINE, N.C. (WLOS) — On Friday, Aug. 8, a bridge on U.S. 19E at the Yancey/Mitchell County line was dedicated to a North Carolina State trooper who passed in 2017.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation said Master Trooper Brandon C. Peterson, 31, died shortly after trying to stop a wrong-way driver on U.S. 19E in the snow. Additionally, according to previous News 13 reporting, Peterson died suddenly after collapsing at his Yancey County home on April 7, 2017.
The North Carolina Board of Transportation unanimously passed a resolution for Peterson’s bridge designation, NCDOT said…