'Uncertain path ahead': Update on condition of woman critically injured in boating crash and the family's call to law enforcement
AS WE HEAD INTO YOUR SUNDAY AND
NEXT WEEK. COMING UP. GRANT,
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHEN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WERE
PATROLLING HARRIS LAKE YET
AGAIN TODAY.
>> ONE WEEK AFTER A 10 YEAR-OLD
GIRL WAS KILLED AND A WOMAN
CRITICALLY INJURED IN A BOAT
CRASH. 2 PEOPLE CHARGED IN THAT
CRASH FACE A JUDGE THIS WEEK.
WELL, ONE OF THE VICTIMS
RELATIVES CONTINUES TO WARN OF
THE CONSEQUENCES OF RECKLESS
BOATING. THE MURALS WHEN SNYDER
HAS THE STORY.
>> JENNIFER STALEY, THE WOMAN
WHO NEEDED LEG AMPUTATION AFTER
BEING HIT BY A BOAT AT HARRIS
LAKE LAST WEEK FACES AN
UNCERTAIN PATH FORWARD. THAT'S
ACCORDING TO HER SISTER-IN-LAW.
CHRISTIE STALEY WHO SPOKE ON
THE PHONE SATURDAY ONLY WITH
WRAL. JENNIFER IS ABLE TO
COMMUNICATE BRIEFLY WHEN SHE'S
AWAKE. SHE'S STILL IN THE EARLY
STAGES OF A LONG RECOVERY.
THE CRASH ALSO KILLED 10
YEAR-OLD BROOKLYN CARROLL WHO
WAS LAID TO REST ON FRIDAY.
THE BOAT'S OPERATOR QUINTIN
KIGHT IS CHARGED WITH DRIVING A
VESSEL WHILE UNDER THE
INFLUENCE BOAT OWNER AND KITES
GIRLFRIEND ANNE MARIE FLANIGAN
WAS ALSO ARRESTED IN CONNECTION
TO THE CRASH ON FRIDAY. SKY
5 VIDEO CAPTURED THE 22 FOOT
LONG BOAT.
>> THAT INVESTIGATORS TOOK INTO
EVIDENCE A WEEK AFTER THE
INCIDENT AT HARRIS LAKE BOATING
ACTIVITIES CONTINUE.
>> WITH MANY VISITORS TELLING
ME THEY'RE GOING ON THE WATER
WITH HEIGHTENED VIGILANCE.
YOU WANT TO LOOK AROUND AND BE
A GOOD NIGHT IN THE HIGH
TRAFFIC I-95 WHAT I'M JUMPING
OFF THIS BOAT.
>> I THINK THAT YOU WILL PAY A
LITTLE EXTRA ATTENTION BEFORE
YOU DO THAT, MAYBE TODAY AND IN
THE NEXT COMING WEEKS. SCOTT
ADAM MAKE HAS BEEN BOATING AT
HARRIS LAKE FOR MORE THAN A
YEAR.
>> HE SAYS THE INCIDENT IS A
WAKE-UP CALL FOR BOATERS TO
CHANGE BEHAVIOR TO ENSURE
SAFETY ON THE WATER. WE KNOW
IT'S A REALITY. SAME THING WITH
A CAR. BUT YOU JUST HOPE THAT
PEOPLE KEEP IT WITHIN A LIMIT
THAT THEY CAN STILL CONTROL BE
SAFE. WE SAW WAKE COUNTY
SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES WATCHING
AS PEOPLE LAUNCHED THEIR BOATS,
A SHERIFF'S OFFICE SPOKESPERSON
SAYS IN A STATEMENT THIS
WEEKEND AS THEY HAVE BEEN
THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. DEPUTIES
WILL BE ON BOTH FALLS AND
HARRIS LAKES PATROLLING THE
WATERWAY AND ASSISTING VOTERS
IN THE WAKE OF LAST WEEK'S
CRASH. CHRISTIE STALEY IS
CALLING FOR STEPPED UP PATROLS.
IF
THERE'S MORE.
>> YOU KNOW, LAW ENFORCEMENT
ACTUALLY ENFORCING THE LAWS,
MAYBE THIS HOPEFULLY THIS WILL
NEVER HAPPEN TO ANOTHER FAMILY.
FLIP SIDE OR THE NEW AERIAL
NEWS, HARRIS LAKE.
>> AND CRYSTAL STALEY ALSO
SHARED A STATEMENT WITH US
TODAY FROM JENNIFER STALEY'S
HUSBAND JUSTIN. IT READS IN
PART, WE WANT TO THANK OUR
COMMUNITY FROM THE BOTTOM OF
OUR HEARTS WITH THE INCREDIBLE
LOVE SUPPORT AND PRAYERS THAT
YOU'VE POURED OUT FOR US.
AND FOR BOTH OF OUR FAMILIES
DURING THIS UNIMAGINABLE TIME,
YOUR KINDNESS, YOUR GENEROSITY
AND YOUR FAITH HAVE BEEN A
LIGHT IN THE DARKEST DAYS OF
OUR LIVES. A GOFUNDME CAMPAIGN
TO HELP JENNIFER STALEY'S
RECOVERY HAS NOW RAISED MORE