Unresponsive male located

On September 19, 2022 around 3:30 p.m., Officers with the Morganton Department of Public Safety were dispatched to 100 Ross St in reference to an unresponsive male lying on the side of the road. When Officers arrived they located the unresponsive male not breathing lying in the grass. Burke County EMS arrived on scene shortly after Officers and the subject was pronounced deceased at that time.

Investigators with Morganton Department of Public Safety responded to the scene to take over the investigation. There is no foul play suspected in this case at this time but there will be further investigation into the cause of death.

The subject was identified as Austin Michael Collins, age 26, of Ross St in Morganton, NC.