4 injured, 3 charged in melee at raceway

Three security company employees face felony assault charges after brass knuckle assaults on four victims at a leased event held at Southern National Motorsports Park in Lucama on Saturday evening. Owner Michael Diaz said Saturday’s event was not a Southern National Motorsports Park event.

According to Wilson County Sheriff’s Officer Chief of Staff Wanda Samuel, “Deputies were dispatched to a fight call with several injuries; some of the victims involved two juveniles, ages 16 and 17,” she said. “It was learned that a verbal altercation started over a rule violation between hired security guards and participants of the event.”

The motorsports park is located at 8071 Newsome Mill Road, between Lucama and Kenly…

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