Four injured in car crash after Person County party, driver charged with DWI
STORM IN THE CARIBBEAN. IT'S
MELISSA. IT STRENGTHENING OUR
MORE ON THAT COMING UP. ALL
RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU. NEW IN
THE LAST HOUR, A MAN IS IN THE
HOSPITAL AFTER A CHASE IN
RALEIGH SKY 5 CAUGHT THE END
OF IT WHEN THE VEHICLE CRASHED
JUST OFF. I-40.
>> THIS STARTED WHEN THE DEPUTY
SAW THE DRIVER SPEEDING ON THE
INTERSTATE NEAR THE GORMAN
STREET EXIT. THAT DRIVER
EVENTUALLY CRASHED INTO ANOTHER
CAR NEAR THE EXIT FOR LAKE
WHEELER. ROAD. THE SUSPECT WAS
TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH
MINOR INJURIES. CHARGES ARE
PENDING NEW TODAY. THE SHERIFF
BELIEVES AT LEAST 5,000 PEOPLE
SHOWED UP TO THIS FIELD PARTY
IN ORANGE COUNTY.
>> IT WAS PROBABLY ORGANIZED
TO CELEBRATE NC CENTRAL
UNIVERSITY'S HOMECOMING OFF
CAMPUS ABOUT A MILE AWAY.
4 PEOPLE WERE SERIOUSLY HURT IN
A CRASH. SOME OF THEM STUDENTS,
THE DRIVER OF THAT CAR IS NOW
CHARGED. WRAL'S MONICA CASEY IS
LIVE NEAR THE PERSON ORANGE
COUNTY LINE WHERE THIS ALL
HAPPENED. MONICA, THIS PARTY
LED TO SOME DANGEROUS TRAFFIC
SITUATIONS. IT DID THE PERSON
COUNTY SHERIFF TELLS ME THEY
HAD TO SHUT THIS PARTY DOWN
BECAUSE IT WAS BECOMING TOO
DIFFICULT FOR FIRST RESPONDERS
TO GET AROUND THIS AREA.
NOW IT'S.
>> THIS PROPERTY HERE BEHIND ME
WHERE THAT PARTY WAS HAPPENING
WITH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
FLOODING IN TO THIS RURAL AREA.
>> IT'S USUALLY A PEACEFUL PLOT
OF LAND ON THE BORDER OF PERSON
AND ORANGE COUNTIES. BUT THAT
QUIET WAS INTERRUPTED WEDNESDAY
EVENING BY THOUSANDS AT A PARTY
NEXT OR LAST NIGHT WAS THE
WORST WE'VE EVER SEEN.
SKY 5 FLEW OVER THAT EVENT.
THE PERSON COUNTY SHERIFF
ESTIMATES 5,000 PEOPLE WERE
THERE TO ONE OF THE VIRUS WAS
NOT THE OFFICE. SOMEBODY
JUMPING OVER NEIGHBOR JAKE MAY
SAYS IT'S A FINANCIAL CONCERN.
WE HAD A NEIGHBOR RIGHT DOWN
THE ROAD THAT WE BUY HAY FROM.
AND HE HAD AN ENTIRE HAYFIELD
DESTROYED LAST NIGHT. WE HAVE
OTHER LOST DOG. YOU CAN SEE MY
GO-TO OUT HERE. THE COACHES
THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST PETS IS
OUR BUSINESS.
>> IT'S A PART OF OUR
LIVELIHOOD AND A SAFETY ISSUE.
WE HAVE HORSES A COUPLE OF MORE
FRIENDLY ONE OF THE NOT.
SO IF YOU COME OUT HERE, CAN'T
CAN'T GUARANTEE WHAT HE MAY OR
MAY NOT DO. 8 PEOPLE WERE IN AN
SUV THAT CRASHED INTO A PARKED
CAR WHEN LEAVING THAT PARTY
STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SAY SOME
MORE NC CENTRAL STUDENTS.
>> 4 HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL
AND ALL ARE EXPECTED TO BE
OKAY. THE DRIVER, 21 YEAR-OLD
CHRISTIAN NAIL IS CHARGED WITH
DWI AND RECKLESS DRIVING.
HEARD THAT CRASH HAPPENED AND
HE'S CONCERNED MORE COULD OCCUR
IF THE PARTIES PERSIST, THERE
NEEDS TO BE SOME CONSEQUENCES
ARE THE ARE THE ACTIVITY WILL
CONTINUE.
>> NOW WE REACHED OUT TO THE
PROPERTY OWNER ABOUT ALL OF
THIS. SHE DID NOT ANSWER ANY OF
OUR QUESTIONS. INSTEAD POINTING
US TO AN APOLOGY POSTED ON
SOCIAL MEDIA BY THE ORGANIZER
IN WHICH THAT GROUP SAYS
ATTENDEES DID NOT FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS AND INSTEAD DROVE
DIRECTLY TO THE VENUE CAUSING
ALL OF THOSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS
LIVE IN PERSON COUNTY, MONICA.
CASEY, WRAL, NEWS WRAL
INVESTIGATES HAS BEEN COVERING
LARGE FIELD PARTIES LIKE THIS
ONE FOR MONTHS. OUR EXTENSIVE
REPORTING IS EVEN LEADING
SENATORS TO CONSIDER A CHANGE
IN STATE LAW TO TIGHTEN UP
LOOPHOLES THAT ALLOW THESE
PARTIES.
>> YOU CAN FIND ALL THAT