Loved ones remember Durham man killed in crash involving stolen car
WILL FEEL WHEN YOU WAKE UP WHEN
TEMPERATURES REBOUND.
>> A COMMUNITY AND A FAMILY
MOURNING TONIGHT A MAN WHO WAS
KILLED IN A CRASH INVOLVING
A STOLEN CAR. 53 YEAR-OLD
JERMAINE CLEMENTS DIED AND
AFTER HE WAS HIT IN AN
INTERSECTION IN DURHAM. THANK
YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M GERALD
OWENS AND I'M LINA TO LEAD.
THIS DEADLY INCIDENT COMES AS
POLICE ARE WORKING TO REDUCE
THE NUMBER OF STOLEN VEHICLES
IN THE BULL CITY.
>> WRAL'S AARON THOMAS JOINING
US LIVE NOW AT THAT CRASH SITE
IN DURHAM. SO FAR, NO CHARGES
HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED AND
>> THAT'S CORRECT. LEON POLICE
TELL US THAT AT THIS POINT
CHARGES ARE PENDING BECAUSE THE
DRIVER OF THAT STOLEN CAR WAS
ALSO INJURED RIGHT NOW BEHIND
US. WE ARE STANDING IN THE AREA
WHERE THIS CRASH TOOK PLACE.
WE'RE TOLD ALL 4 PEOPLE WERE
INJURED IN. THIS IS ALSO WHERE
JERMAINE CLEMENTS LOST HIS
LIFE.
>> LOOKING AT THIS PHOTO OF
JERMAINE CLEMENT. JAMIE FOSTER
SAYS IT CAPTURES THE ESSENCE OF
HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND. HE WAS
ALWAYS UPLIFT WAS ALWAYS A
SHOULDER. IT WAS NOT AND HE
WOULDN'T DO FOR YOU. HE'S
SEEKING CLOSURE AND CONNECTION.
THE TRAGICALLY LOSING HIS
FRIEND IN A CAR CRASH.
SENSELESS.
>> IT JUST THROWS ME OUT THAT
I MEAN.
YOU KIND OF DON'T WANT TO
BELIEVE IT. THEN YOU LIKE HOW
COULD THIS HAPPEN TO YOU?
>> CLEMENTS DIED EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND A CRASH
ON DURHAM CHAPEL HILL
BOULEVARD. POLICE SAY THE
DRIVER OF A STOLEN CAR SPED
AWAY FROM OFFICERS. THAT DRIVER
RACED THROUGH A STOP LIGHT AND
STRUCK THE CAR CLEMENTS ROAD
AND
CAR THEFTS HAVE BEEN A CONCERN
AMONG DURHAM RESIDENTS, WRAL
OBTAIN DATA SHOWING A DOWNWARD
TREND OF THESE ACTS. AS OF THIS
MONTH, DURHAM HAS HAD 85 MOTOR
VEHICLE THEFTS. THAT'S DOWN
FROM 108 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFTS
IN FEBRUARY. THIEVES STOLE 343
MOTOR VEHICLE SINCE THE START
OF THIS YEAR. DOWN FROM 396
AROUND THE SAME TIME PERIOD
LAST YEAR AS THE CITY GRAPPLES
WITH STOLEN CARS IN LEE AND
FRIENDS OF JERMAINE CLEMENT
WRESTLE WITH THE DEADLY
OUTCOME.
>> IT'S STILL A SHOCK TO MY
SYSTEM. THAT DOES HAPPEN.
>> AND THE WAY IT HAPPENED.
>> IT'S NOT A RESULT OF DURHAM
POLICE TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE
DOING TO TRY TO TAMP DOWN ON
SOME OF THE STOLEN VEHICLES.
A SPOKESPERSON TELLS ME THAT
THEY'RE WORKING ON BEEFING UP
PATROLS AND THE AREAS WHERE
THEY'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN