FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- A school community in Fayetteville is in mourning after the news that three E.E. Smith High School football players were killed in a single-vehicle crash Wednesday night.

The deadly crash happened on Rosehill Road. Police arrived and found a gray 2024 Honda Civic that had run off the road and hit a telephone pole before going down an embankment and crashing into a tree.

"It's hard to really even comprehend. We're saying we're crying, we're mourning, we're hurting. And right now, we're just present to support, to just be a listening ear and to just support everyone involved in this tragic situation," said Lindsay Whitley, Cumberland County Schools Associate Superintendent of Communications.

Cumberland County Schools provided grief counselors for students a

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