A fiery single-vehicle crash led to several trips to the hospital and a road closure late Friday night, according to the Chapel Hill Fire Department.
Emergency services responded to calls of a crash shortly after 9:30 p.m. and sent out a social media alert after 10 p.m. about the closure of Seawell School Road near Smith Middle School.
According to the fire department, the vehicle had four people inside. The driver struck a tree off the road, fell down a nearby embankment and caught fire. Once arriving, firefighters “extinguished the fire and extricated the occupants of the vehicle,” said Friday’s release.
#CHTraffic: #SeawellSchoolRd is closed between #HighSchoolRd and #HanoverPl for a single motor-vehicle crash. Please avoid the area. #ThankYou to @ChapelHillPD for assisting with the closure. pic.twitter.com/9id1zfSlrd
— Chapel Hill Fire (@ChapelHillFD) December 17, 2022
No details were shared of the victims’ severity of injury, but Orange County Emergency Services transported all four to the nearby UNC Hospitals for treatment.
Chapel Hill Police officers reopened Seawell School Road around 11:20 p.m. after the fire response was complete.
Investigators said Friday night the cause of the single-vehicle crash is under investigation and no further information is available to the public at this time.
Photo via the Chapel Hill Fire Department.
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