4 injured in crash connected to off-campus homecoming party for NC Central students
TIME.
>> AND HAVE A GREAT TIME AT THE
STATE AND WE'LL SEE YOU LATER.
WELL, THIS MORNING, 4 PEOPLE
ARE RECOVERING AFTER THEY WERE
HURT IN A CRASH NEAR A LARGE
PARTY IN PERSON COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY
SAYS IT DOES NOT SANCTION THE
PARTY THAT WAS ATTENDED BY
STUDENTS DURING HOMECOMING
WEEK. WRAL'S ALI KHALIL BARS
OUTSIDE AND CCU TO BREAK DOWN
WHAT WE'RE LEARNING THIS
MORNING
>> INSEE CENTRAL DID JUST
CONFIRMED WITH US THAT THIS WAS
NOT A SANCTION PARTY. THIS WAS
NOT SPONSORED BY THE
UNIVERSITY. THEY SAID THEY
COULD NOT CONFIRM IF THE PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THAT CRASH WERE
STUDENTS. THIS IS VIDEO OF THAT
CRASH SCENE. IT WAS SHARED
WITH WRAL.
>> AUTHORITIES TOLD US THAT
8 PEOPLE WERE IN AN SUV THAT
CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR
AROUND 8.30 LAST NIGHT. 2
PEOPLE HAD SEAT BELTS ON 2 WERE
IN THE TRUNK. WE KNOW 4 PEOPLE
GOT HURT AND THEY'RE EXPECTED
TO BE OK, THAT CRASH WAS LESS
THAN A MILE FROM WHAT
AUTHORITIES TOLD US WAS ACE NC
CENTRAL HOMECOMING CELEBRATION.
THIS VIDEO SHOWS MASSIVE CROWDS
AT THAT PARTY BUT ALSO SHOWS
CARS PARKED SOME ILLEGALLY
BLOCKING THE ROAD. MANY
PEOPLE'S CARS WERE TOWED.
ONE STUDENT WE SPOKE WITH SAYS
SHE HAD TO FIGURE OUT A RIDE
HOME PARK. THE SITUATION IS
CRAZY EDGES.
>> I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING
TO GET HOME, BUT WE'RE GOING TO
FIND A WAY. MYANMAR GROUP
IDENTIFIED OUR WAY HOME THAT
PARTY WAS ABOUT. 35 MINUTES
FROM CAMPUS. AND SO WE'RE
WORKING TO LEARN WHO ORGANIZED