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Wake Chapel Church in Raleigh was the place where former NC State hoops star Lorenzo Charles was celebrated. He died when the charter bus he was driving wrecked on Interstate 40 earlier this week.
Former NC State basketball coach Sidney Lowe and Wolfpack players served as pall bearers while NC State coach Mark Gottfried and AD Debbie Yow spoke at the service.
Charles was buried just one space over from Coach Jim Valvano
Here's the coverage from our friends at WRAL-TV in Raleigh
Showing posts with label Lorenzo Charles. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
TRIBUTE: ACC creates nice video memory reel for Lorenzo Charles
The Atlantic Coast Conference has created a nice video tribute to Lorenzo Charles, voiced by Mike Hogewood.
"It’s devastating," former NC State teammate Thurl Bailey told CBSSports.com from his home in Salt Lake City, hours after hearing the news from another ex-teammate, Cozell McQueen. "It’s really like losing a member of my family, a brother. It’s just way too soon. Everyone talks about [Jim] Valvano running around, but Lorenzo was really the face of the culmination of what we did."
According to the Associated Press, what caused the accident has not yet been found as of Wednesday afternoon.
"It’s devastating," former NC State teammate Thurl Bailey told CBSSports.com from his home in Salt Lake City, hours after hearing the news from another ex-teammate, Cozell McQueen. "It’s really like losing a member of my family, a brother. It’s just way too soon. Everyone talks about [Jim] Valvano running around, but Lorenzo was really the face of the culmination of what we did."
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| The crash scene (Travis Long/AP) |
According to the Associated Press, what caused the accident has not yet been found as of Wednesday afternoon.
Monday, June 27, 2011
BREAKING: Lorenzo Charles killed in bus wreck in Raleigh
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| Lorenzo Charles |
Former NC State basketball standout Lorenzo Charles died in a bus accident on I-40 in Raleigh, according to Raleigh PD.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash. Raleigh experienced heavy rain and thunderstorms, but no word yet if weather or speed was a factor. Charles was the driver of the bus, heading to Durham to pick up passengers.
The bus was owned by Elite Coach, which is a limo, bus, and charter service located in Apex, NC.
Here are some images from WRAL's Sky5 of the accident scene:
Charles is best known for completing Dereck Whittenburg's "alley-oop" to defeat Houston in the 1983 NCAA championship game.
Here's the original story from our friends at WRAL and WRALSportsfan.com
And here's a follow-up on reaction from teammates from Raleigh...
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