{"id":135949,"date":"2025-10-09T15:16:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thencbeat.com\/?p=135949"},"modified":"2025-10-09T15:16:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:16:24","slug":"fayetteville-ee-smith-crash-3-students-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/09\/fayetteville-ee-smith-crash-3-students-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"IDENTIFIED: 3 E.E. Smith High School Students Killed In Tragic Fayetteville Car Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three E.E. Smith High School Students Killed in Devastating Fayetteville Crash<\/h2>\n

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A\u00a0 car crash has left a North Carolina<\/strong><\/em><\/a> community heartbroken after three students from E.E. Smith High School<\/em> died and another was critically injured Wednesday<\/em> evening on Rosehill Road<\/em> in Fayetteville<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The deadly crash happened around 7:22 p.m. Wednesday in the 2700 block of Rosehill Road. Police say the vehicle the students were riding in veered off the road, slammed into a telephone pole, and then went down an embankment before coming to rest by a tree.<\/span><\/p>\n

First responders found three teens dead at the scene. A fourth victim was airlifted to UNC Hospitals<\/span><\/span> in Chapel Hill in critical condition.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Three E.E. Smith High School students \u2014 Nick, Jaihyon Elliot, and Trevor \u2014 are pictured together in a heartbreaking image now circulating online as the community mourns their tragic deaths in the Fayetteville car crash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Officials have not released the identities of the victims but The North Carolina Beat can confirm that #21 Jaihyon Ellio<\/strong><\/em>t<\/strong>, #11 Trevor Merritt<\/strong><\/em>, and #4 Nick Williams<\/strong><\/em>, all died in the crash.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jaihyon Elliot was one of three E.E. Smith High School students killed in a deadly Fayetteville crash. Friends and family are honoring his memory and impact on the community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Trevor, a student and football player at E.E. Smith High School, was among the three teens killed in the Fayetteville crash. Loved ones are grieving his heartbreaking loss.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Nick, one of the E.E. Smith High School students killed in the Fayetteville crash, is being remembered as a bright young athlete and friend whose life was tragically cut short.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Authorities have not confirmed the cause of the crash, and the investigation remains active.<\/span><\/p>\n

The victims were all football players at E.E. Smith High School,<\/a> according to school officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Out of respect, the school\u2019s scheduled Friday<\/em> night game against South View High School<\/em> has been postponed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grief counselors will be on campus to support students, teachers, and teammates as the community grieves this devastating loss.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Three E.E. Smith High School Students Killed in Devastating Fayetteville Crash   A\u00a0 car crash has left a North Carolina community heartbroken after three students from E.E. Smith High School died and another was critically injured Wednesday evening on Rosehill Road in Fayetteville. The deadly crash happened around 7:22 p.m. Wednesday in the 2700 block […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[2580,7477,369,38,28,7478],"class_list":["post-135949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-news","tag-cumberland-county","tag-e-e-smith-high-school","tag-fayetteville","tag-north-carolina","tag-north-carolina-news","tag-rosehill-road"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}