Family working to give NCCU student proper burial in home country
INVESTMENT THAT CAUSE OF THIS
FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
>> A FAMILY IS ASKING FOR HELP
TO GET THE BODY OF A LOCAL LAW
STUDENT BACK TO HIS HOME
COUNTRY. HE DIED LAST WEEK IN A
MOTORCYCLE CRASH. WRAL'S KEN
SMITH IS HERE NOW WITH THAT
APPEAL FOR HELP CAN.
>> JEFF, WE FIRST REPORTED THIS
CRASH AS BREAKING NEWS LAST
TUESDAY. THIS IS SLOWLY BEEN
GREW UP AND HE IS FROM SIERRA
LEONE. BEEN GOOD, DIED IN A
MOTORCYCLE CRASH. AS YOU
MENTIONED, CREEDMORE ROAD IN
WAKE COUNTY. HE WAS A LAW
STUDENT AT NORTH CAROLINA
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY AND AN
INTERN AT THE NORTH CAROLINA
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE
COURTS. ONE GIRL WAS IN HIS
LAST SEMESTER OF LAW SCHOOL AND
GET READY TO GRADUATE HIS
FRIENDS AND CO-WORKERS TOLD
WRAL THEY ARE STUNNED AND
DEVASTATED BY THE LOSS.
>> SO SPEECHES, IT'S STILL I
STILL CAN'T. I CAN'T I CAN'T
FATHOM WHAT ON WHAT I'VE BEEN
TOLD THE PAST FEW DAYS THAT
SOMEONE LIKE HIM COULD BE TAKEN
AWAY FROM US BECAUSE HE HAD SO
MUCH GET SO MUCH THAT HE COULD
SO MUCH TO GIVE TO US IN THIS
WORLD. HE MADE THIS PLACE A
GREATER JUST BY BEING HERE,
EVEN IF IT WAS THIS FOR 26
YEARS. SO TO HAVE THE IMPACT IN
TO LOSE IT.
>> IT'S A LOSS. I A HUGE LOSS.
>> WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE
HIGHWAY PATROL TO FIGURE OUT
EXACTLY HOW THIS CRASH
HAPPENED. HIS FAMILY HAS SET UP
A GOFUNDME PAGE TO HELP RAISE
MONEY TO FRANCE WHERE HIS BODY