10/09/2025
Our hearts break with the E.E. Smith community today.
|Update to Single Vehicle Crash Results in Three Fatalities|
On October 8, 2025, at approximately 7:22 p.m., officers with the Fayetteville Police Department were dispatched to the 2700 block of Rosehill Road for a report of a single motor vehicle crash.
The Fayetteville Police Department’s Traffic Unit’s preliminary investigation has determined that excessive speed appears to be the primary contributing factor of this fatal vehicle crash that claimed the lives of three students from E.E. Smith High School.
The driver, Dymond N. Monroe, remains under medical care in critical condition at a medical facility.
Detectives with the FPD’s Traffic Unit are continuing to review all the evidence associated with this fatal vehicle crash. Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Detective C. Lewis at (910) 818-1872.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Fayetteville / Cumberland County Crime Stoppers by calling (910) 483-TIPS (8477). Crimestoppers information can also be submitted electronically, by visiting http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet, or by downloading the FREE “P3 Tips” app available for Apple devices in the Apple App Store and available for Android devices in Google Play.
|Update to Single Vehicle Crash Results in Three Fatalities|
On October 8, 2025, at approximately 7:22 p.m., officers with the Fayetteville Police Department were dispatched to the 2700 block of Rosehill Road for a report of a single motor vehicle crash.
The preliminary investigation revealed that a gray 2024 Honda Civic was traveling North on Rosehill Road. The vehicle ran off the road to the right and collided with a utility pole. The vehicle continued down the sidewalk and collided with a tree.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as Dymond N. Monroe (Black female, 21 years of age) of Fayetteville, N.C. She was life-flighted to UNC Medical Center in Critical condition.
The passengers of the vehicle were identified as Jai’Hyon Lamont Elliot (Black male, 18 years of age) of Fayetteville, N.C. and two seventeen-year-old black male juveniles of Fayetteville, N.C.
The three passengers all succumbed to their injuries on scene. Their next of kin have been notified. All the passengers were students in the Cumberland County School System.
The investigation is still ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Officer C. Lewis at (910) 818-1872.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Fayetteville / Cumberland County Crime Stoppers by calling (910) 483-TIPS (8477). Crimestoppers information can also be submitted electronically, by visiting http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet, or by downloading the FREE “P3 Tips” app available for Apple devices in the Apple App Store and available for Android devices in Google Play.
| Single Vehicle Crash Results in Three Fatalities |
On October 8, 2025, at approximately 7:22 p.m., officers with the Fayetteville Police Department were dispatched to the 2700 block of Rosehill Road for a report of a single motor vehicle crash.
Officers and Emergency Medical Personnel responded to the 2700 block of Rosehill Road located a single vehicle occupied by four individuals, that had run off the road and struck a telephone pole.
Three occupants succumbed to their injuries on scene and one occupant was air lifted to UNC Chapel Hill in critical condition.
Members of the Fayetteville Police Department’s Traffic Unit are currently investigating the incident.
Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Officer C. Lewis at (910) 818-1872.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Fayetteville / Cumberland County Crime Stoppers by calling (910) 483-TIPS (8477). Crimestoppers information can also be submitted electronically, by visiting http://fay-nccrimestoppers.org and completing the anonymous online tip sheet, or by downloading the FREE “P3 Tips” app available for Apple devices in the Apple App Store and available for Android devices in Google Play.
