Overview
- The pregame ceremony featured a unified team entrance, a moment of silence, and gifts including custom helmets, remembrance plaques, shawls and baskets, plus a city proclamation.
- The students honored were Nicholas Williams, Trevor Merritt and Jai’Hyon Elliott, described by school leaders as standout seniors and well-known on campus.
- Fayetteville police said the car struck a telephone pole on Rosehill Road, traveled along a sidewalk and then hit a tree after the teens left practice en route to a birthday gathering.
- The driver, 21-year-old Dymond Monroe, was airlifted to Chapel Hill and remains hospitalized in critical condition, according to local reports.
- City officials plan a study of Rosehill Road after reports of previous crashes, as hundreds in the community have gathered for vigils and memorial events.