FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — The driver accused of being behind the wheel during a crash that killed three E.E. Smith High School athletes has been released from the hospital and has been taken into custody, Fayetteville police said Wednesday evening.
The crash happened in the 2700 block of Rosehill Road near the intersection of Walstone Road, the night of Oct. 8 just before 7 p.m.
According to police, a 2024 Honda Civic left the road and crashed into a tree, killing passengers Jai’Hyon Lamont Elliot, Trevor Merritt, and Nicholas Williams. All three were students at E.E. Smith High School and members of the football team…