HBCU Sports
  • SECTIONS
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Baseball
    • Softball
    • Volleyball
    • Track & Field
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Bowling
    • Other Sports
    • News
    • Opinion
    • Features
  • BANDS
  • PODCASTS
  • FORUMS
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • DONATE
No Result
View All Result
HBCU Sports
  • SECTIONS
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Baseball
    • Softball
    • Volleyball
    • Track & Field
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Bowling
    • Other Sports
    • News
    • Opinion
    • Features
  • BANDS
  • PODCASTS
  • FORUMS
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • DONATE
No Result
View All Result
HBCU Sports
No Result
View All Result

Home Football

Winston-Salem State Football Player Saves Teen From Burning Vehicle

Kendrick Marshall by Kendrick Marshall
July 13, 2015
0
270
VIEWS

You might also like

Winston-Salem State guard Samage Teel enters transfer portal

Winston-Salem State falls short to Indiana Pennsylvania in Division II tourney

Four HBCU teams are in the Division II tournament. The road to a national title will be tough

A Winston-Salem State football player is credited for rescuing a teenager from a burning vehicle following a fatal two-vehicle wreck in Vaughan, N. C., over the weekend.

From WRAL.com

The wreck happened at about 9:30 p.m. Friday after Zachary Rodwell, 17, of 242 Bobbitt Road in Littleton, was driving westbound when he crossed the center line and hit Brandon Lee, 23, of 3012 U.S. Highway 158 East in Littleton, who was traveling eastbound, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.

Rodwell’s vehicle overturned and caught fire. Authorities could not get him out of the burning vehicle in time, the highway patrol said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lee was taken to a hospital where he later died.

Rodwell’s brother, Benjamin, 13, who was in the vehicle with him, was airlifted to Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. His condition was not immediately known.

It was then that WSSU running back Kenneth Sharpe, who was driving to Harrellsville with his girlfriend, saw the nasty wreck and jumped into action.

“So I automatically put the vehicle in park and I told my girlfriend to go ahead and get in the driver’s seat,” he told WRAL.

Sharpe saw Benjamin Rodwell trying to escape the burning vehicle.

“He was about four feet from the fire,” he said. “And I got to him. I was about a good five or six (feet). And I told him ‘Hey crawl to me, crawl to me.’ I grabbed him. I pulled him on my shoulder and I automatically started taking him to the car.”

Whitaker drove to Halifax Regional Medical Center in Roanoke Rapids while Sharpe kept the teenager awake. There were severe injuries to the lower half of Rodwell’s body, Sharpe said.

State troopers and Rodwell’s family described Sharpe as a hero.

“If that was anybody I would, you know, do it,” he said. “Because if that was me in that predicament I would want somebody to do the same thing.”



Tags: Winston Salem State
Kendrick Marshall

Kendrick Marshall

Kendrick Marshall is an award-winning journalist and a graduate of Jackson State University.

Next Post
HBCU SPORTS 2014 SWAC MIDSEASON AWARDS

HBCU Sports 2015 SWAC Football Preseason Predictions: Defensive Player Of The Year

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Trending

  • Umpire who was suspended after egregious strike call during HBCU game expresses regret
  • Morgan State to host a PWI for homecoming as part of 11-game schedule
  • Jackson State coach Tomekia Reed identified as candidate for Memphis job
  • Glass ceilings, lack of respect still exist for HBCU basketball coaches
  • Meet the only HBCU that features a competitive beach volleyball team
  • The ‘NIL king’ among HBCU athletes who are top earners in amateur sports
  • North Carolina Central, Mississippi Valley State headline return of Circle City Classic in 2023
  • Jackson State football player released from hospital after cardiac event
  • Report: Tulane assistant Kevin Johnson likely to get Southern job
  • Surviving MEAC baseball schools look to thrive, establish home in NEC

RSS HBCU Sports Forums

  • HBCU Baseball 2023
  • Transfer Portal Thread 2022-23 Part II
  • ‘You don’t want to fall for this’: BBB warns of smart TV scam
  • You don’t want to fall for this’: BBB warns of smart TV scam
  • Jonathan Majors Fumbles the Bag
  • Donald Trump claims he will be arrested Tuesday in Manhattan probe, calls for protests
  • PVAMU Bowling Wins 2023 SWAC Championship
  • Encouragement - Motivation March 2023
  • Snowfall - The Final Season
  • Lance Reddick
  • TERMS & CONDITIONS
  • PRIVACY POLICY
  • COMMENT POLICY
  • DO NOT SELL MY PERSONAL INFORMATION
 CONTACT US

© 2022 RASHAD MEDIA - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PARTNER OF IONE DIGITAL / CASSIUS NETWORK

No Result
View All Result
  • SECTIONS
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Baseball
    • Softball
    • Volleyball
    • Track & Field
    • Tennis
    • Golf
    • Bowling
    • Other Sports
    • News
    • Opinion
    • Features
  • BANDS
  • PODCASTS
  • FORUMS
  • ABOUT
  • CONTACT
  • DONATE

© 2022 RASHAD MEDIA - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
PARTNER OF IONE DIGITAL / CASSIUS NETWORK

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist

X