{"id":136469,"date":"2025-10-21T18:03:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thencbeat.com\/?p=136469"},"modified":"2025-10-21T18:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T22:03:57","slug":"dymond-monroe-charged-fayetteville-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/north-carolina-news\/dymond-monroe-charged-fayetteville-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Fayetteville Woman Charged With 3 Counts of Involuntary Manslaughter After Street Racing Crash Kills 3 E.E. Smith Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"338\" data-end=\"464\">Dymond Monroe charged after deadly Rosehill Road racing crash that killed 3 E.E. Smith High School students.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"360\" data-end=\"519\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A 21-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/fayetteville-ee-smith-crash-3-students-killed\/\"><em><strong>Fayetteville<\/strong><\/em><\/a> woman has been charged after a street racing crash left three teenage football players dead earlier this month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"521\" data-end=\"824\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Fayetteville.Police\/posts\/pfbid0fSRR3DKFSBonxwGTQRkv7MKEtPckSBDCEE57YWGVQC4zJL7SYGRzHkNV9st9bxSl\">According to the Fayetteville Police Department<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/tag\/dymond-monroe\"><strong data-start=\"570\" data-end=\"611\"><span class=\"text-token-text-primary font-semibold\">Dymond Nekiya Monroe<\/span><\/strong><\/a> was driving a 2024 Honda Civic on October 8, 2025, when she allegedly engaged in a high-speed street race with her sister, <em><strong data-start=\"735\" data-end=\"776\"><span class=\"text-token-text-primary font-semibold\">Destini Rhinada Genwright<\/span><\/strong><\/em>, who was behind the wheel of a Dodge Charger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"826\" data-end=\"1061\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Investigators say <em>Monroe<\/em> lost control of her vehicle on Rosehill Road, crashing into a telephone pole and then a tree. The impact was catastrophic \u2014 killing three <em><span class=\"text-token-text-primary font-semibold\">E. E. Smith High School<\/span><\/em> football players on the scene:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">17-year-old <em><strong>Trevor Merritt<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">18-year-old <em><strong>Jai-Hyon Elliott<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">17-year-old <em><strong>Nick Williams<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4385-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136208 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4385-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"EE Smith High School students killed street racing crash\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1184\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><em>Monroe<\/em> survived the crash.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1224\" data-end=\"1437\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">As <a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/\"><strong data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1268\"><span class=\"text-token-text-primary font-semibold\">The North Carolina Beat<\/span><\/strong><\/a> previously <a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/fayetteville-woman-dymond-monroe-ee-smith-students\/\">reported<\/a>, <em>Monroe<\/em> had received a speeding ticket just two months before the fatal wreck \u2014 on<em> August 2, 2025<\/em> \u2014 on the very same stretch of Rosehill Road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1439\" data-end=\"1668\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Court records show she was clocked at 51 mph in a 35 mph.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1696\" data-end=\"1730\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Police have charged <em>Monroe<\/em> with:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"1901\">\n<li data-start=\"1731\" data-end=\"1793\">\n<p data-start=\"1733\" data-end=\"1793\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">3 counts of involuntary manslaughter (one for each victim)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1794\" data-end=\"1832\">\n<p data-start=\"1796\" data-end=\"1832\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Willful speed competition (racing)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1833\" data-end=\"1845\">\n<p data-start=\"1835\" data-end=\"1845\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Speeding<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1846\" data-end=\"1879\">\n<p data-start=\"1848\" data-end=\"1879\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Careless and reckless driving<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"1901\">\n<p data-start=\"1882\" data-end=\"1901\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Insurance violation<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136474\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4683-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136474 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4683-5-570x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dymond Monroe street racing manslaughter arrest photo\" width=\"570\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dymond Monroe is a 21-year-old Fayetteville woman charged in a fatal street racing crash that killed three E.E. Smith High School football players. Monroe has a history of speeding violations and now faces involuntary manslaughter and multiple traffic-related charges.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"2092\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Her sister, <em>Destini Genwright<\/em>, is also facing charges for willful speed competition, reckless driving, speeding, and insurance violations.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136483\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136483\" style=\"width: 803px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4689.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136483 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG_4689-803x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Dymond Monroe arrested after fatal Fayetteville crash\" width=\"803\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136483\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Destini Genwright, the 19-year-old sister of Dymond Monroe, is also facing charges for her alleged role in the deadly Fayetteville street race that killed three E.E. Smith High School students. Police say she has not yet turned herself in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p data-start=\"1903\" data-end=\"2092\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Authorities say she has not yet turned herself in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2403\" data-end=\"2567\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">City officials say they are reviewing Rosehill Road for possible safety improvements, though police emphasize that driver behavior was the key factor in this crash.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dymond Monroe charged after deadly Rosehill Road racing crash that killed 3 E.E. Smith High School students. &nbsp; A 21-year-old Fayetteville woman has been charged after a street racing crash left three teenage football players dead earlier this month. According to the Fayetteville Police Department, Dymond Nekiya Monroe was driving a 2024 Honda Civic on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[7539,7477,369,28,2443,7624,7625,7626],"class_list":["post-136469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-news","tag-dymond-monroe","tag-e-e-smith-high-school","tag-fayetteville","tag-north-carolina-news","tag-reckless-driving","tag-rosehill-road-crash","tag-teen-victims","tag-the-nc-beat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thencbeat.thecodetechnologies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}