PRESS RELEASE: North Carolina State Highway Patrol. On Thursday, October 17, at approximately 5:35 p.m., the NC State Highway Patrol responded to and investigated a fatal collision in Burke County on US 70 near Lockee Street. A 2023 BMW X1 traveling west on US 70 failed to reduce speed adequately and collided with a 2022 Taotao moped which had slowed down to turn right into a private driveway.