Scariest thing ever happened here (@ UNC) today...

[tommy]

http://rdu.news14.com/content/top%5Fstories/default.asp?ArID=81234

SUV drove through the Pit (common area between one of the libraries, one of the dining halls, and student union), going 45mph and he hit 5 students... if he had gotten there 5 minutes later there would have been hundreds of students in between classes...

i heard the car -- i was about 200 feet from the scene when it happened, and when i heard what happened, i just felt ill...

apparently they have the guy in custody...

[tommy]

http://rdu.news14.com/content/top%5Fstories/default.asp?ArID=81234

SUV drove through the Pit (common area between one of the libraries, one of the dining halls, and student union), going 45mph and he hit 5 students... if he had gotten there 5 minutes later there would have been hundreds of students in between classes...

i heard the car -- i was about 200 feet from the scene when it happened, and when i heard what happened, i just felt ill...

apparently they have the guy in custody...

[tommy]

http://rdu.news14.com/content/top%5Fstories/default.asp?ArID=81234

SUV drove through the Pit (common area between one of the libraries, one of the dining halls, and student union), going 45mph and he hit 5 students... if he had gotten there 5 minutes later there would have been hundreds of students in between classes...

i heard the car -- i was about 200 feet from the scene when it happened, and when i heard what happened, i just felt ill...

apparently they have the guy in custody...

[tommy]

http://rdu.news14.com/content/top%5Fstories/default.asp?ArID=81234

SUV drove through the Pit (common area between one of the libraries, one of the dining halls, and student union), going 45mph and he hit 5 students... if he had gotten there 5 minutes later there would have been hundreds of students in between classes...

i heard the car -- i was about 200 feet from the scene when it happened, and when i heard what happened, i just felt ill...

apparently they have the guy in custody...

[tommy]

http://rdu.news14.com/content/top%5Fstories/default.asp?ArID=81234

SUV drove through the Pit (common area between one of the libraries, one of the dining halls, and student union), going 45mph and he hit 5 students... if he had gotten there 5 minutes later there would have been hundreds of students in between classes...

i heard the car -- i was about 200 feet from the scene when it happened, and when i heard what happened, i just felt ill...

apparently they have the guy in custody...

[tommy]

http://rdu.news14.com/content/top%5Fstories/default.asp?ArID=81234

SUV drove through the Pit (common area between one of the libraries, one of the dining halls, and student union), going 45mph and he hit 5 students... if he had gotten there 5 minutes later there would have been hundreds of students in between classes...

i heard the car -- i was about 200 feet from the scene when it happened, and when i heard what happened, i just felt ill...

apparently they have the guy in custody...

[Turbulence]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

[Turbulence]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

[Turbulence]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

[Turbulence]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

[Turbulence]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

[Turbulence]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

[tommy]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

It's very hard, to say the least, to get a car in that area... either he drove through the main quad (polk place), or down a road behind lenoir hall, the dining hall...

truly ridiculous

[tommy]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

It's very hard, to say the least, to get a car in that area... either he drove through the main quad (polk place), or down a road behind lenoir hall, the dining hall...

truly ridiculous

[tommy]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

It's very hard, to say the least, to get a car in that area... either he drove through the main quad (polk place), or down a road behind lenoir hall, the dining hall...

truly ridiculous

[tommy]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

It's very hard, to say the least, to get a car in that area... either he drove through the main quad (polk place), or down a road behind lenoir hall, the dining hall...

truly ridiculous

[tommy]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

It's very hard, to say the least, to get a car in that area... either he drove through the main quad (polk place), or down a road behind lenoir hall, the dining hall...

truly ridiculous

[tommy]

Holy cow, that's ridiculous...glad the guy's timing was off and that not that many people were hurt...but good grief, how does something like this happen? I know here at State there are metal poles that make it impossible for cars to get into the Brickyard; is there nothing similar in place there?

It's very hard, to say the least, to get a car in that area... either he drove through the main quad (polk place), or down a road behind lenoir hall, the dining hall...

truly ridiculous

[Alicia]

Glad that it seems everyone is OK.

[Alicia]

Glad that it seems everyone is OK.

[Alicia]

Glad that it seems everyone is OK.

[Alicia]

Glad that it seems everyone is OK.

[Alicia]

Glad that it seems everyone is OK.

[Alicia]

Glad that it seems everyone is OK.

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Well, usually they have the metal poles up which is why I'm so surprised he got through. They found him on right off of Franklin a few minutes after it happened. I'm really glad they have him in custody...

I'm also thankful I decided to go home for lunch today. I'm usually in that area at that time. :eek2:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Well, usually they have the metal poles up which is why I'm so surprised he got through. They found him on right off of Franklin a few minutes after it happened. I'm really glad they have him in custody...

I'm also thankful I decided to go home for lunch today. I'm usually in that area at that time. :eek2:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Well, usually they have the metal poles up which is why I'm so surprised he got through. They found him on right off of Franklin a few minutes after it happened. I'm really glad they have him in custody...

I'm also thankful I decided to go home for lunch today. I'm usually in that area at that time. :eek2:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Well, usually they have the metal poles up which is why I'm so surprised he got through. They found him on right off of Franklin a few minutes after it happened. I'm really glad they have him in custody...

I'm also thankful I decided to go home for lunch today. I'm usually in that area at that time. :eek2:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Well, usually they have the metal poles up which is why I'm so surprised he got through. They found him on right off of Franklin a few minutes after it happened. I'm really glad they have him in custody...

I'm also thankful I decided to go home for lunch today. I'm usually in that area at that time. :eek2:

[ONeillsNo1Fan]

Well, usually they have the metal poles up which is why I'm so surprised he got through. They found him on right off of Franklin a few minutes after it happened. I'm really glad they have him in custody...

I'm also thankful I decided to go home for lunch today. I'm usually in that area at that time. :eek2:

[SoCalcaniac]

I just got back from the gym and was on a machine flicking the TV and there it all was on COURT TV! I was like - did this just happen or is there a trial about to happen and I missed all this? (did'nt plug my ear plugs in the tuner)

anyway, O's#1, I'm glad you decided to go home for lunch too. :kiss: and hope everyone is ok. Wow. It's so much easier to stay in my hockey cocoon. (lol) this real world stuff can get freaky. :eek2:

[SoCalcaniac]

I just got back from the gym and was on a machine flicking the TV and there it all was on COURT TV! I was like - did this just happen or is there a trial about to happen and I missed all this? (did'nt plug my ear plugs in the tuner)

anyway, O's#1, I'm glad you decided to go home for lunch too. :kiss: and hope everyone is ok. Wow. It's so much easier to stay in my hockey cocoon. (lol) this real world stuff can get freaky. :eek2:

[SoCalcaniac]

I just got back from the gym and was on a machine flicking the TV and there it all was on COURT TV! I was like - did this just happen or is there a trial about to happen and I missed all this? (did'nt plug my ear plugs in the tuner)

anyway, O's#1, I'm glad you decided to go home for lunch too. :kiss: and hope everyone is ok. Wow. It's so much easier to stay in my hockey cocoon. (lol) this real world stuff can get freaky. :eek2:

[SoCalcaniac]

I just got back from the gym and was on a machine flicking the TV and there it all was on COURT TV! I was like - did this just happen or is there a trial about to happen and I missed all this? (did'nt plug my ear plugs in the tuner)

anyway, O's#1, I'm glad you decided to go home for lunch too. :kiss: and hope everyone is ok. Wow. It's so much easier to stay in my hockey cocoon. (lol) this real world stuff can get freaky. :eek2:

[SoCalcaniac]

I just got back from the gym and was on a machine flicking the TV and there it all was on COURT TV! I was like - did this just happen or is there a trial about to happen and I missed all this? (did'nt plug my ear plugs in the tuner)

anyway, O's#1, I'm glad you decided to go home for lunch too. :kiss: and hope everyone is ok. Wow. It's so much easier to stay in my hockey cocoon. (lol) this real world stuff can get freaky. :eek2:

[SoCalcaniac]

I just got back from the gym and was on a machine flicking the TV and there it all was on COURT TV! I was like - did this just happen or is there a trial about to happen and I missed all this? (did'nt plug my ear plugs in the tuner)

anyway, O's#1, I'm glad you decided to go home for lunch too. :kiss: and hope everyone is ok. Wow. It's so much easier to stay in my hockey cocoon. (lol) this real world stuff can get freaky. :eek2:

[goalie33]

Yikes.

I'm glad everyone is okay and you weren't in the immediate area, tommy and O's.

Closest thing I've ever seen to that is a guy who got hit on Hillsborough Street after State beat Clemson in 2002. Lots of people were out in the street and the only car approaching decided not to slow down until the last possible moment and smacked one guy right in the side. He got up and seemed okay (though he was too drunk to really notice if he was hurt), and the car sped off. Everyone was too focused on making sure the guy was okay to pay attention to the car.

[goalie33]

Yikes.

I'm glad everyone is okay and you weren't in the immediate area, tommy and O's.

Closest thing I've ever seen to that is a guy who got hit on Hillsborough Street after State beat Clemson in 2002. Lots of people were out in the street and the only car approaching decided not to slow down until the last possible moment and smacked one guy right in the side. He got up and seemed okay (though he was too drunk to really notice if he was hurt), and the car sped off. Everyone was too focused on making sure the guy was okay to pay attention to the car.

[goalie33]

Yikes.

I'm glad everyone is okay and you weren't in the immediate area, tommy and O's.

Closest thing I've ever seen to that is a guy who got hit on Hillsborough Street after State beat Clemson in 2002. Lots of people were out in the street and the only car approaching decided not to slow down until the last possible moment and smacked one guy right in the side. He got up and seemed okay (though he was too drunk to really notice if he was hurt), and the car sped off. Everyone was too focused on making sure the guy was okay to pay attention to the car.

[goalie33]

Yikes.

I'm glad everyone is okay and you weren't in the immediate area, tommy and O's.

Closest thing I've ever seen to that is a guy who got hit on Hillsborough Street after State beat Clemson in 2002. Lots of people were out in the street and the only car approaching decided not to slow down until the last possible moment and smacked one guy right in the side. He got up and seemed okay (though he was too drunk to really notice if he was hurt), and the car sped off. Everyone was too focused on making sure the guy was okay to pay attention to the car.

[goalie33]

Yikes.

I'm glad everyone is okay and you weren't in the immediate area, tommy and O's.

Closest thing I've ever seen to that is a guy who got hit on Hillsborough Street after State beat Clemson in 2002. Lots of people were out in the street and the only car approaching decided not to slow down until the last possible moment and smacked one guy right in the side. He got up and seemed okay (though he was too drunk to really notice if he was hurt), and the car sped off. Everyone was too focused on making sure the guy was okay to pay attention to the car.

[goalie33]

Yikes.

I'm glad everyone is okay and you weren't in the immediate area, tommy and O's.

Closest thing I've ever seen to that is a guy who got hit on Hillsborough Street after State beat Clemson in 2002. Lots of people were out in the street and the only car approaching decided not to slow down until the last possible moment and smacked one guy right in the side. He got up and seemed okay (though he was too drunk to really notice if he was hurt), and the car sped off. Everyone was too focused on making sure the guy was okay to pay attention to the car.

[caniac369]

Geez... my maid of honor from my wedding is a Sophmore there as well as several of the kids in the youth group I used to work with... going to call her just to make sure she's ok. I know the odds but you guys don't understand- we have that bad of luck when it comes to stuff like that. 2 years ago I heard a morning traffice report of a fatal 1 car wreck up on I-95 at the Virginia border and 3 hours later I found out it was my good friend Tammy who had died. :sad:

[caniac369]

Geez... my maid of honor from my wedding is a Sophmore there as well as several of the kids in the youth group I used to work with... going to call her just to make sure she's ok. I know the odds but you guys don't understand- we have that bad of luck when it comes to stuff like that. 2 years ago I heard a morning traffice report of a fatal 1 car wreck up on I-95 at the Virginia border and 3 hours later I found out it was my good friend Tammy who had died. :sad:

[caniac369]

Geez... my maid of honor from my wedding is a Sophmore there as well as several of the kids in the youth group I used to work with... going to call her just to make sure she's ok. I know the odds but you guys don't understand- we have that bad of luck when it comes to stuff like that. 2 years ago I heard a morning traffice report of a fatal 1 car wreck up on I-95 at the Virginia border and 3 hours later I found out it was my good friend Tammy who had died. :sad:

[caniac369]

Geez... my maid of honor from my wedding is a Sophmore there as well as several of the kids in the youth group I used to work with... going to call her just to make sure she's ok. I know the odds but you guys don't understand- we have that bad of luck when it comes to stuff like that. 2 years ago I heard a morning traffice report of a fatal 1 car wreck up on I-95 at the Virginia border and 3 hours later I found out it was my good friend Tammy who had died. :sad:

[caniac369]

Geez... my maid of honor from my wedding is a Sophmore there as well as several of the kids in the youth group I used to work with... going to call her just to make sure she's ok. I know the odds but you guys don't understand- we have that bad of luck when it comes to stuff like that. 2 years ago I heard a morning traffice report of a fatal 1 car wreck up on I-95 at the Virginia border and 3 hours later I found out it was my good friend Tammy who had died. :sad:

[caniac369]

Geez... my maid of honor from my wedding is a Sophmore there as well as several of the kids in the youth group I used to work with... going to call her just to make sure she's ok. I know the odds but you guys don't understand- we have that bad of luck when it comes to stuff like that. 2 years ago I heard a morning traffice report of a fatal 1 car wreck up on I-95 at the Virginia border and 3 hours later I found out it was my good friend Tammy who had died. :sad:

[puck_it]

damn. glad you guys are alright

[puck_it]

damn. glad you guys are alright

[puck_it]

damn. glad you guys are alright

[puck_it]

damn. glad you guys are alright

[puck_it]

damn. glad you guys are alright

[puck_it]

damn. glad you guys are alright

[Turbulence]

Apparently the guy the caught said something to police that made them search his apartment...WRAL is showing pictures of the Carborro SWAT Team and Bomb Squad moving into the apartment.

[Turbulence]

Apparently the guy the caught said something to police that made them search his apartment...WRAL is showing pictures of the Carborro SWAT Team and Bomb Squad moving into the apartment.

[Turbulence]

Apparently the guy the caught said something to police that made them search his apartment...WRAL is showing pictures of the Carborro SWAT Team and Bomb Squad moving into the apartment.

[Turbulence]

Apparently the guy the caught said something to police that made them search his apartment...WRAL is showing pictures of the Carborro SWAT Team and Bomb Squad moving into the apartment.

[Turbulence]

Apparently the guy the caught said something to police that made them search his apartment...WRAL is showing pictures of the Carborro SWAT Team and Bomb Squad moving into the apartment.

[Turbulence]

Apparently the guy the caught said something to police that made them search his apartment...WRAL is showing pictures of the Carborro SWAT Team and Bomb Squad moving into the apartment.

[Shell]

here's the story...

Driver Identified In UNC Hit-And-Run
Six Hurt As SUV Plows Into Student-Filled 'Pit'

POSTED: 12:30 pm EST March 3, 2006
UPDATED: 5:37 pm EST March 3, 2006

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheriazar drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, injuring five students and a visiting scholar.

Police said they would charge Taheriazar, who was a UNC student as recently as Fall 2005, with multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Authorities are not releasing a motive, but they did say the incident was intentional.

Six people were taken to UNC Hospitals with minor injuries, hospital spokesman Tom Hughes said. Four of the students had been treated and released late Thursday afternoon, and the other two are still undergoing treatment. Three other people declined treatment on the scene, according to police.

Authorities later found the vehicle on Plant Road near Franklin Street and Taheriazar was taken into custody. Authorities said that drugs and alcohol are not believed to have been involved.

A student who witnessed the event, said that the SUV was going between 40 and 45 mph when it hit the students at the Pit, which is located in an open area surrounded by two libraries, a dining hall and the Frank Porter Graham Student Union on campus.

Campus police said Taheriazar used an area designed to give access to Lenoir Hall to work his way to the Pit. Coming from the parking lots in the north side of Davis Library, a car could travel down the side of the cafeteria and end up in the Pit from there. Normally, there are barricades up but on Friday, they were not in place.

Several witnesses saw the SUV as plowed through that part of campus.

"He was speeding up and swerving to hit people. One person got knocked out of a wheelchair, and he didn't care," said student Lauren Westate, who saw the accident.

Nicholas Altman, who was having coffee nearby, said that one man was hit and thrown onto the hood of the SUV. That person was taken away on a stretcher, Altman said.

"I was on my phone and I heard somebody scream," Altman said. "I turned around and there was a white SUV. It looked like it hit a couple of people. One person in particular went over the hood."

Student affairs staff and counselors have been providing support to students who watched the scene unfold.

Around two hours after the crash, state and local investigators surrounded Building D at University Commons Apartments at 303 Smith Level Road in Carrboro, where Taheriazar is believed to have lived. Bomb squad officers entered the building around 5:15 p.m., but there is no word if anything has been found inside.

The incident came just a week after the campus was shaken by the death of one of two students who crashed through a dormitory window, falling four stories onto the concrete below. The second student remained hospitalized in fair condition.

Friday's incident brought back memories of a deadly day near campus from several years ago. Back in 1995, Wendell Williamson walked down a street near campus and opened fire. Two people died in the rampage.

Williamson, who was a law student, was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to Dorothea Dix Mental Hospital, where he remains under care.

http://images.ibsys.com/2006/0303/7658574_200X150.jpg

[Shell]

here's the story...

Driver Identified In UNC Hit-And-Run
Six Hurt As SUV Plows Into Student-Filled 'Pit'

POSTED: 12:30 pm EST March 3, 2006
UPDATED: 5:37 pm EST March 3, 2006

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheriazar drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, injuring five students and a visiting scholar.

Police said they would charge Taheriazar, who was a UNC student as recently as Fall 2005, with multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Authorities are not releasing a motive, but they did say the incident was intentional.

Six people were taken to UNC Hospitals with minor injuries, hospital spokesman Tom Hughes said. Four of the students had been treated and released late Thursday afternoon, and the other two are still undergoing treatment. Three other people declined treatment on the scene, according to police.

Authorities later found the vehicle on Plant Road near Franklin Street and Taheriazar was taken into custody. Authorities said that drugs and alcohol are not believed to have been involved.

A student who witnessed the event, said that the SUV was going between 40 and 45 mph when it hit the students at the Pit, which is located in an open area surrounded by two libraries, a dining hall and the Frank Porter Graham Student Union on campus.

Campus police said Taheriazar used an area designed to give access to Lenoir Hall to work his way to the Pit. Coming from the parking lots in the north side of Davis Library, a car could travel down the side of the cafeteria and end up in the Pit from there. Normally, there are barricades up but on Friday, they were not in place.

Several witnesses saw the SUV as plowed through that part of campus.

"He was speeding up and swerving to hit people. One person got knocked out of a wheelchair, and he didn't care," said student Lauren Westate, who saw the accident.

Nicholas Altman, who was having coffee nearby, said that one man was hit and thrown onto the hood of the SUV. That person was taken away on a stretcher, Altman said.

"I was on my phone and I heard somebody scream," Altman said. "I turned around and there was a white SUV. It looked like it hit a couple of people. One person in particular went over the hood."

Student affairs staff and counselors have been providing support to students who watched the scene unfold.

Around two hours after the crash, state and local investigators surrounded Building D at University Commons Apartments at 303 Smith Level Road in Carrboro, where Taheriazar is believed to have lived. Bomb squad officers entered the building around 5:15 p.m., but there is no word if anything has been found inside.

The incident came just a week after the campus was shaken by the death of one of two students who crashed through a dormitory window, falling four stories onto the concrete below. The second student remained hospitalized in fair condition.

Friday's incident brought back memories of a deadly day near campus from several years ago. Back in 1995, Wendell Williamson walked down a street near campus and opened fire. Two people died in the rampage.

Williamson, who was a law student, was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to Dorothea Dix Mental Hospital, where he remains under care.

http://images.ibsys.com/2006/0303/7658574_200X150.jpg

[Shell]

here's the story...

Driver Identified In UNC Hit-And-Run
Six Hurt As SUV Plows Into Student-Filled 'Pit'

POSTED: 12:30 pm EST March 3, 2006
UPDATED: 5:37 pm EST March 3, 2006

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheriazar drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, injuring five students and a visiting scholar.

Police said they would charge Taheriazar, who was a UNC student as recently as Fall 2005, with multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Authorities are not releasing a motive, but they did say the incident was intentional.

Six people were taken to UNC Hospitals with minor injuries, hospital spokesman Tom Hughes said. Four of the students had been treated and released late Thursday afternoon, and the other two are still undergoing treatment. Three other people declined treatment on the scene, according to police.

Authorities later found the vehicle on Plant Road near Franklin Street and Taheriazar was taken into custody. Authorities said that drugs and alcohol are not believed to have been involved.

A student who witnessed the event, said that the SUV was going between 40 and 45 mph when it hit the students at the Pit, which is located in an open area surrounded by two libraries, a dining hall and the Frank Porter Graham Student Union on campus.

Campus police said Taheriazar used an area designed to give access to Lenoir Hall to work his way to the Pit. Coming from the parking lots in the north side of Davis Library, a car could travel down the side of the cafeteria and end up in the Pit from there. Normally, there are barricades up but on Friday, they were not in place.

Several witnesses saw the SUV as plowed through that part of campus.

"He was speeding up and swerving to hit people. One person got knocked out of a wheelchair, and he didn't care," said student Lauren Westate, who saw the accident.

Nicholas Altman, who was having coffee nearby, said that one man was hit and thrown onto the hood of the SUV. That person was taken away on a stretcher, Altman said.

"I was on my phone and I heard somebody scream," Altman said. "I turned around and there was a white SUV. It looked like it hit a couple of people. One person in particular went over the hood."

Student affairs staff and counselors have been providing support to students who watched the scene unfold.

Around two hours after the crash, state and local investigators surrounded Building D at University Commons Apartments at 303 Smith Level Road in Carrboro, where Taheriazar is believed to have lived. Bomb squad officers entered the building around 5:15 p.m., but there is no word if anything has been found inside.

The incident came just a week after the campus was shaken by the death of one of two students who crashed through a dormitory window, falling four stories onto the concrete below. The second student remained hospitalized in fair condition.

Friday's incident brought back memories of a deadly day near campus from several years ago. Back in 1995, Wendell Williamson walked down a street near campus and opened fire. Two people died in the rampage.

Williamson, who was a law student, was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to Dorothea Dix Mental Hospital, where he remains under care.

http://images.ibsys.com/2006/0303/7658574_200X150.jpg

[Shell]

here's the story...

Driver Identified In UNC Hit-And-Run
Six Hurt As SUV Plows Into Student-Filled 'Pit'

POSTED: 12:30 pm EST March 3, 2006
UPDATED: 5:37 pm EST March 3, 2006

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheriazar drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, injuring five students and a visiting scholar.

Police said they would charge Taheriazar, who was a UNC student as recently as Fall 2005, with multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Authorities are not releasing a motive, but they did say the incident was intentional.

Six people were taken to UNC Hospitals with minor injuries, hospital spokesman Tom Hughes said. Four of the students had been treated and released late Thursday afternoon, and the other two are still undergoing treatment. Three other people declined treatment on the scene, according to police.

Authorities later found the vehicle on Plant Road near Franklin Street and Taheriazar was taken into custody. Authorities said that drugs and alcohol are not believed to have been involved.

A student who witnessed the event, said that the SUV was going between 40 and 45 mph when it hit the students at the Pit, which is located in an open area surrounded by two libraries, a dining hall and the Frank Porter Graham Student Union on campus.

Campus police said Taheriazar used an area designed to give access to Lenoir Hall to work his way to the Pit. Coming from the parking lots in the north side of Davis Library, a car could travel down the side of the cafeteria and end up in the Pit from there. Normally, there are barricades up but on Friday, they were not in place.

Several witnesses saw the SUV as plowed through that part of campus.

"He was speeding up and swerving to hit people. One person got knocked out of a wheelchair, and he didn't care," said student Lauren Westate, who saw the accident.

Nicholas Altman, who was having coffee nearby, said that one man was hit and thrown onto the hood of the SUV. That person was taken away on a stretcher, Altman said.

"I was on my phone and I heard somebody scream," Altman said. "I turned around and there was a white SUV. It looked like it hit a couple of people. One person in particular went over the hood."

Student affairs staff and counselors have been providing support to students who watched the scene unfold.

Around two hours after the crash, state and local investigators surrounded Building D at University Commons Apartments at 303 Smith Level Road in Carrboro, where Taheriazar is believed to have lived. Bomb squad officers entered the building around 5:15 p.m., but there is no word if anything has been found inside.

The incident came just a week after the campus was shaken by the death of one of two students who crashed through a dormitory window, falling four stories onto the concrete below. The second student remained hospitalized in fair condition.

Friday's incident brought back memories of a deadly day near campus from several years ago. Back in 1995, Wendell Williamson walked down a street near campus and opened fire. Two people died in the rampage.

Williamson, who was a law student, was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to Dorothea Dix Mental Hospital, where he remains under care.

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[Shell]

here's the story...

Driver Identified In UNC Hit-And-Run
Six Hurt As SUV Plows Into Student-Filled 'Pit'

POSTED: 12:30 pm EST March 3, 2006
UPDATED: 5:37 pm EST March 3, 2006

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheriazar drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, injuring five students and a visiting scholar.

Police said they would charge Taheriazar, who was a UNC student as recently as Fall 2005, with multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Authorities are not releasing a motive, but they did say the incident was intentional.

Six people were taken to UNC Hospitals with minor injuries, hospital spokesman Tom Hughes said. Four of the students had been treated and released late Thursday afternoon, and the other two are still undergoing treatment. Three other people declined treatment on the scene, according to police.

Authorities later found the vehicle on Plant Road near Franklin Street and Taheriazar was taken into custody. Authorities said that drugs and alcohol are not believed to have been involved.

A student who witnessed the event, said that the SUV was going between 40 and 45 mph when it hit the students at the Pit, which is located in an open area surrounded by two libraries, a dining hall and the Frank Porter Graham Student Union on campus.

Campus police said Taheriazar used an area designed to give access to Lenoir Hall to work his way to the Pit. Coming from the parking lots in the north side of Davis Library, a car could travel down the side of the cafeteria and end up in the Pit from there. Normally, there are barricades up but on Friday, they were not in place.

Several witnesses saw the SUV as plowed through that part of campus.

"He was speeding up and swerving to hit people. One person got knocked out of a wheelchair, and he didn't care," said student Lauren Westate, who saw the accident.

Nicholas Altman, who was having coffee nearby, said that one man was hit and thrown onto the hood of the SUV. That person was taken away on a stretcher, Altman said.

"I was on my phone and I heard somebody scream," Altman said. "I turned around and there was a white SUV. It looked like it hit a couple of people. One person in particular went over the hood."

Student affairs staff and counselors have been providing support to students who watched the scene unfold.

Around two hours after the crash, state and local investigators surrounded Building D at University Commons Apartments at 303 Smith Level Road in Carrboro, where Taheriazar is believed to have lived. Bomb squad officers entered the building around 5:15 p.m., but there is no word if anything has been found inside.

The incident came just a week after the campus was shaken by the death of one of two students who crashed through a dormitory window, falling four stories onto the concrete below. The second student remained hospitalized in fair condition.

Friday's incident brought back memories of a deadly day near campus from several years ago. Back in 1995, Wendell Williamson walked down a street near campus and opened fire. Two people died in the rampage.

Williamson, who was a law student, was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to Dorothea Dix Mental Hospital, where he remains under care.

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[Shell]

here's the story...

Driver Identified In UNC Hit-And-Run
Six Hurt As SUV Plows Into Student-Filled 'Pit'

POSTED: 12:30 pm EST March 3, 2006
UPDATED: 5:37 pm EST March 3, 2006

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Authorities say 23-year-old Mohammed Reza Taheriazar drove a silver Jeep Grand Cherokee into The Pit at the UNC-Chapel Hill campus around noon Friday, injuring five students and a visiting scholar.

Police said they would charge Taheriazar, who was a UNC student as recently as Fall 2005, with multiple counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. Authorities are not releasing a motive, but they did say the incident was intentional.

Six people were taken to UNC Hospitals with minor injuries, hospital spokesman Tom Hughes said. Four of the students had been treated and released late Thursday afternoon, and the other two are still undergoing treatment. Three other people declined treatment on the scene, according to police.

Authorities later found the vehicle on Plant Road near Franklin Street and Taheriazar was taken into custody. Authorities said that drugs and alcohol are not believed to have been involved.

A student who witnessed the event, said that the SUV was going between 40 and 45 mph when it hit the students at the Pit, which is located in an open area surrounded by two libraries, a dining hall and the Frank Porter Graham Student Union on campus.

Campus police said Taheriazar used an area designed to give access to Lenoir Hall to work his way to the Pit. Coming from the parking lots in the north side of Davis Library, a car could travel down the side of the cafeteria and end up in the Pit from there. Normally, there are barricades up but on Friday, they were not in place.

Several witnesses saw the SUV as plowed through that part of campus.

"He was speeding up and swerving to hit people. One person got knocked out of a wheelchair, and he didn't care," said student Lauren Westate, who saw the accident.

Nicholas Altman, who was having coffee nearby, said that one man was hit and thrown onto the hood of the SUV. That person was taken away on a stretcher, Altman said.

"I was on my phone and I heard somebody scream," Altman said. "I turned around and there was a white SUV. It looked like it hit a couple of people. One person in particular went over the hood."

Student affairs staff and counselors have been providing support to students who watched the scene unfold.

Around two hours after the crash, state and local investigators surrounded Building D at University Commons Apartments at 303 Smith Level Road in Carrboro, where Taheriazar is believed to have lived. Bomb squad officers entered the building around 5:15 p.m., but there is no word if anything has been found inside.

The incident came just a week after the campus was shaken by the death of one of two students who crashed through a dormitory window, falling four stories onto the concrete below. The second student remained hospitalized in fair condition.

Friday's incident brought back memories of a deadly day near campus from several years ago. Back in 1995, Wendell Williamson walked down a street near campus and opened fire. Two people died in the rampage.

Williamson, who was a law student, was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic. He was found not guilty by reason of insanity and sent to Dorothea Dix Mental Hospital, where he remains under care.

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[tommy]

This is also really tough because it's been a hard month here... We started off the semester with 3 pedestrian deaths in one week, then two students fell from a dorm's 3rd floor and one died upon landing, and then this...

lots of grieving, to say the least...

And it must be a pretty intense motive if theyve got the SWAT team on it...

[tommy]

This is also really tough because it's been a hard month here... We started off the semester with 3 pedestrian deaths in one week, then two students fell from a dorm's 3rd floor and one died upon landing, and then this...

lots of grieving, to say the least...

And it must be a pretty intense motive if theyve got the SWAT team on it...

[tommy]

This is also really tough because it's been a hard month here... We started off the semester with 3 pedestrian deaths in one week, then two students fell from a dorm's 3rd floor and one died upon landing, and then this...

lots of grieving, to say the least...

And it must be a pretty intense motive if theyve got the SWAT team on it...

[tommy]

This is also really tough because it's been a hard month here... We started off the semester with 3 pedestrian deaths in one week, then two students fell from a dorm's 3rd floor and one died upon landing, and then this...

lots of grieving, to say the least...

And it must be a pretty intense motive if theyve got the SWAT team on it...

[tommy]

This is also really tough because it's been a hard month here... We started off the semester with 3 pedestrian deaths in one week, then two students fell from a dorm's 3rd floor and one died upon landing, and then this...

lots of grieving, to say the least...

And it must be a pretty intense motive if theyve got the SWAT team on it...

[tommy]

This is also really tough because it's been a hard month here... We started off the semester with 3 pedestrian deaths in one week, then two students fell from a dorm's 3rd floor and one died upon landing, and then this...

lots of grieving, to say the least...

And it must be a pretty intense motive if theyve got the SWAT team on it...

[RIO]

Tommy, how scary!

[RIO]

Tommy, how scary!

[RIO]

Tommy, how scary!

[RIO]

Tommy, how scary!

[RIO]

Tommy, how scary!

[RIO]

Tommy, how scary!

[Fernando da Silva]

How this can happened? A SUV in a small space like that, in high speed??? I'm very impressed, thanks God this wasn't turned into a tragedy.

[Fernando da Silva]

How this can happened? A SUV in a small space like that, in high speed??? I'm very impressed, thanks God this wasn't turned into a tragedy.

[Fernando da Silva]

How this can happened? A SUV in a small space like that, in high speed??? I'm very impressed, thanks God this wasn't turned into a tragedy.

[Fernando da Silva]

How this can happened? A SUV in a small space like that, in high speed??? I'm very impressed, thanks God this wasn't turned into a tragedy.

[Fernando da Silva]

How this can happened? A SUV in a small space like that, in high speed??? I'm very impressed, thanks God this wasn't turned into a tragedy.

[Fernando da Silva]

How this can happened? A SUV in a small space like that, in high speed??? I'm very impressed, thanks God this wasn't turned into a tragedy.

[tommy]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

[tommy]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

[tommy]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

[tommy]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

[tommy]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

[tommy]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

[Alicia]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

Good!

[Alicia]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

Good!

[Alicia]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

Good!

[Alicia]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

Good!

[Alicia]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

Good!

[Alicia]

Just a quick update; in case anybody didn't hear:

The guy told authorities he rode the SUV through the area to get vengeance (of his own) about Americans' treatement of Muslims. With that motive, there is fair amount of calling for it to be called an act of terrorism. His bail was set at $5.5 million and he's going to be in Orange County District Court tomorrow facing attempted murder charges.

Good!