TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, NC. (THECOUNT) — Elyja Kieshaun Gibbs has been identified as the teenage victim in a Thursday morning fatal vehicle crash in Transylvania County, North Carolina.
Gibbs, 17, a Hendersonville High School Bearcats all-conference football player, was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Hendersonville Thursday morning.
According to reports, Gibbs was operating a vehicle near Crab Creek Road in Hendersonville, when for unknown reasons, the vehicle exited the roadway around 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The vehicle then came into contact with a tree before traveling down an embankment.
Gibbs, the sole occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced dead of injuries suffered in the wreck.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
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Geo quick facts: Transylvania County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census the population is 32,986. Its county seat is Brevard. Transylvania County comprises the Brevard Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Asheville-Brevard, NC CSA combined statistical area – Wikipedia.
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