Good Samaritans honored after helping injured deputy in Hoke County
PRIORITY IS TO FILL THE 15
OPENINGS IN THE ROCKY MOUNT
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> 3 WHOLE COUNTY RESIDENTS ARE
BEING CALLED HEROES. THEY
RUSHED TO THE AID OF SERGEANT
WILLIAM GRANT AFTER HE WAS HIT
BY CAR WHILE DIRECTING TRAFFIC
OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY.
21ST WR IS GILBERT BAYS LEARNED
THAT THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO THAT
DEPUTY. HE SPOKE WITH ONE OF
THE PEOPLE WHO RUSHED TO HIS
AID, STABILIZED HIM, EVEN USE
THE DEPUTIES RADIO TO CALL FOR
HELP. WELL, THIS IS JUST AN
INCREDIBLE STORY. HOKE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTY IS HIT BY A
CAR
>> AND THEN NEXT THING HE KNOWS
HE'S SURROUNDED BY GOOD
SAMARITANS. I'M NOT A HERO.
I JUST DID WHAT I HOPE ANY
OTHER PERSON ON THE SIDE OF
THE STREET WITH A GUN.
>> BUT HULL COUNTY DEPUTY
WILLIAM GRANT BELIEVES
STEPHANIE KENNISON THE GROWTH,
THOUGH, AND OUR LILLY OUR
HEROES. THE 3 WERE RECENTLY
HONORED BY HOKE COUNTY SHERIFF
RODERICK VIRGIL FOR HELPING
THE DEPUTY WHEN HE WAS HIT BY
A CAR OUTSIDE SANDY GROVE
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WHILE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION,
THERE IS DRIVER ACCIDENTLY DID
NOT BECAUSE OF THE SUNLIGHT
AND STRUCK THE OFFICER. DEPUTY
GRANT SAYS KENNISON AND THE
OTHERS IMMEDIATELY JUMPED INTO
ACTION.
>> I FEEL LIKE THEY WERE THERE
AT THAT POINT IN TIME FOR A
REASON BECAUSE ONE OF THEM WAS
A NURSE AT CAPE FEAR HOSPITAL
AND SHE WAS SHE JUST HELD MY
HEAD. MY NECK STRAIN WOULD LET
ME MOVE. STEPHANIE KENNISON
WORKS AT THE HOSPITAL BUT TURNS
OUT SHE'S NOT OWNERS, BUT SHE
KNEW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO.
>> SO WHEN YOU GOT UP TO HIM,
WOULD YOU WOULD HAVE WITH IT
SAYS IT WAS ON THE GROUND.
I JUST PRESSED TO GET ON THE
GROUND, PUT MY HANDS RIGHT ON
HIS NECK AND PUT THEM NOT TO
MOVE.
>> SHE ALSO GOT ON THE DEPUTY'S
RADIO AND CALLED FOR HELP.
SHE SAID OFFICER DOWN, THIS
IS THE SECOND TIME GRANT HAS
BEEN HIT BY A CAR WHILE ON
DUTY.
>> I WAS ACTUALLY DOING TO
TRAFFIC AT A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
SCENE AND A CAR CAME FROM
AROUND A FIRE TRUCK. IT STRUCK
ME ON THE LEFT SIDE.
>> GRANT IS RECOVERING FROM
SEVERAL BROKEN BONES IN HIS LEG
AND A DISLOCATED FINGER FROM
THIS ACCIDENT. HE'S GRATEFUL
FOR THOSE WHO CAME TO HIS AID
THAT THEY GOT THE PLACE AND ALL
OF THEM AT THAT.
>> A POINT IN TIME YOU KNOW.
BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A
WHOLE LOT WORSE THAN WHAT IT
WAS. NOW. THE DEPUTY'S WIFE
WANTS HIM TO RETIRE, BUT DEPUTY
GRANT SAYS HE'S NOT READY.
AS MATTER OF FACT, HE'S LOOKING
FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO
WORK.
>> IN HOKE COUNTY, GILBERT
BAYS,
WRAL, NEWS.
>> AS A LESS INTENSE
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT ONE.
BUT I'M SURE THE PEOPLE OF POLK
COUNTY ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE
DEPUTY SERVICE TO THE
COMMUNITY. 40 YEAR-OLD ASHLEY
PEMBERTON, A FAYETTEVILLE WAS
CHARGED IN THIS CASE WITH
FAILING TO OBEY A TRAFFIC
OFFICER AND FAILING TO YIELD
CAUSING SERIOUS INJURY. BOY,