A school community in Fayetteville is in mourning after the news that three E.E. Smith High School football players were killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday night.
The deadly crash happened on Rosehill Road. Police arrived and found a gray 2024 Honda Civic that had run off the road and hit a telephone pole before going down an embankment and crashing into a tree.
“It’s hard to really even comprehend. We’re saying we’re crying, we’re mourning, we’re hurting. And right now, we’re just present to support, to just be a listening ear and to just support everyone involved in this tragic situation,” said Lindsay Whitley, Cumberland County Schools Associate Superintendent of Communications.
Cumberland County Schools provided grief counselors for students and faculty on Thursday…