Shaw student, track athlete remembered for smile
LOT MORE FROM THAT OUTSIDE OF
THE LEGISLATURE. SHAUN
GALLAGHER, WRAL NEWS. ALL
RIGHT, JOHN, RIGHT AT THE END
OF A VIBRANT HOMECOMING WEEKEND
FOR SHY UNIVERSITY, THE SCHOOL
IS NOW MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE
OF THEIR OWN. JUST TERRIBLE.
BRIDGET BRAXTON RAN ON THE
TRACK TEAM THERE. SHE DIED IN A
CRASH ON I-40 OVER THE WEEKEND.
WRAL'S ASHLEY PATTERSON IS LIVE
JUST OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS THERE
AFTER TALKING WITH.
>> SOME OF HER TEAMMATES
TESTING.
>> AND AND HER TEAMMATES HERE
AS SHY. YOU SAY THAT SHE WAS
ONE OF THE FASTEST MEMBERS OF
THE TRACK TEAM JUST IN THE LAST
45 MINUTES OR SO. THE
UNIVERSITY PUT OUT A STATEMENT
SAYING AND SHE HAD A LASTING
IMPACT BOTH ON AND OFF THE
TRACK.
>> FOR JEB HAS INSEAM 8 NEW HER
FOR HER BRIGHT EYES AND EVEN
BRIGHTER SMILE. TO THINK ABOUT
HER SMILE. YOU CAN CORRELATE
THAT WITH WHAT'S INSIDE TO
SIMON, RIGHT. FLOWERS TRAINED
ALONGSIDE HAS DONE FOR 2 YEARS.
SHE DESCRIBES HER AS SWEET,
GENUINE KIND AND THOUGHTFUL
AND THE END OF SHAW'S BUSY
HOMECOMING WEEKEND. A CRASH
SHUT DOWN MUCH OF I-40 NEAR
PAGE ROAD JUST BEFORE 5 O'CLOCK
SUNDAY MORNING. DURHAM. POLICE
SAY THAT SUN HAD PULLED OVER TO
SWITCH PLACES WITH HER SISTER.
POLICE TELL US THE CAR WAS
STILL PARTIALLY IN THE ROAD AND
THEY WERE BOTH STANDING OUTSIDE
OF IT WHEN ANOTHER CAR HIT THEM
AND THEN IT VEERED INTO AN
OTHER AS IN DIED IN THAT CRASH.
SHE WAS LIKE TURN WILL DO THE
RIGHT THING BY SANCTIONS TIRE
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, STITCHING
OF THOSE THAT STAND. IT WE'VE
GOT SOME LIKE THAT AND SAYS
I THINKING.
>> AND THIS POINT BASS AND
SISTER IS EXPECTED TO BE OK, AT
LEAST PHYSICALLY POLICE TELL US
THAT NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED
AGAINST ANY OF THE OTHER
DRIVERS INVOLVED WITH THIS.
AND THAT SINCE HE MADE TELLS ME
AT THIS POINT, THEY'RE TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HONOR
HER.