The UNC football team has some serious trouble on its hands as new reports emerge from a recent car accident that claimed the life of a student as now some of Mack Brown’s players are facing serious allegations.
Emergency calls obtained by the ABC11 I-Team give a frantic glimpse into the chaos surrounding the early morning crash that killed a University of North Carolina student in January.
Meanwhile, two bars on Franklin Street that allegedly served alcoholic drinks to the underage driver involved in the crash and others are under investigation by the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement.
On the longest 911 call released, the operator heard the immediate aftermath of the crash. A man called as they were trying to get a passenger out of the car. He is heard yelling: “Get her out bro, get her out!”
At first, the man could not tell the operator what road the crash happened on. He said there was only one car involved in the crash, and they were able to get everyone out of the car. But one was injured badly.
The 911 calls included a lot of loud screaming. On one, the recording captures a woman’s voice saying, “I’m so sorry.”
At one point after saying everybody was out of the car, the man told the 911 operator, “There’s somebody still in the car.”
The call includes the sound of commotion as people on the scene work to remove one of the female passengers from the crashed car.
The 911 operators told them help was on the way and not to move her. They asked what the car hit to cause the crash.
“They just ran off the road, and they like flipped over,” the caller said.
The 911 operator said to check whether the injured female passenger was breathing. The caller confirmed she was.
“Do you know who this person is?” the 911 operator asked.
3 UNC Football Players Charged In Shocking Update After North Carolina Student’s Fatal Crash
On Tuesday, it was announced additional charges have been filed a month after a 20-year-old University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill student was killed in a high-speed crash in Chapel Hill.
Prosecutors have now leveled charges against a total of 10 people in the death of Molly Rotunda.
Three of those people now facing charges in relation with the incident are members of the UNC football team.
Rotunda was killed in a Jan. 21 crash that happened about 2 a.m. on NC Highway 54 near W. Barbee Chapel Road.
Court documents show the car she was in was traveling 124 mph in a 45 mph zone.
Flemeeja Brewer, the 21-year-old UNC student who is alleged to have been behind the wheel at the time, went before a judge for the first time Monday.
Last week Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) charged seven people for their involvement including on charges of serving alcohol to people younger than 21.
One of those people is Travis Shaw, a former 5-star recruit from Greensboro and a junior defensive lineman with the UNC football team, the ABC11 I-Team has learned.
The paperwork found Monday shows that a group of people was partying at Still Life before the crash near the North Carolina campus.. Documents allege that Shaw purchased three bottles of Casamigos Tequila as a minor for the group he was with. Someone in the group allegedly poured shots for everyone including the driver involved in the crash.
Shaw’s involvement after that is unknown.
The I-Team also learned that UNC sophomore offensive lineman Zach Rice, another former 5-star recruit for UNC football, from Lynchburg, Virginia, is involved somehow but investigators haven’t elaborated on that. He wasn’t in the car driven by Brewer but instead was behind the wheel of a different car after allegedly drinking while underage.
A third football player, Malaki Hamrick, a sophomore from Shelby, is also charged with underage drinking.
UNC Athletics has not answered ABC11’s requests for comment. This isn’t a great look for North Carolina Tar Heels football.
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