A man is dead after being struck by a semi-truck on I-40 in West Asheville over the weekend.

Daniel Gardner, 44, was killed while on foot on I-40, at around 11 a.m. Nov. 16, according to a Nov. 19 Asheville Police Department news release.

He walked into the westbound lanes near Exit 44, which is at the junction of U.S. 19, southwest of Sulphur Springs and northeast of Enka, the release said.

Gardner was taken to Mission Hospital where he died from his injuries, the release said.

There have been more than a dozen traffic deaths in Asheville this year alone, the Citizen Times previously reported.

The driver remained at the scene after the accident and police and the Buncombe County District Attorney’s Office decided not to file charges against them, the release said.

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