Name: 21-year-old dies in head-on crash with off-duty deputy
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Description: Family members said Eric Colin Henderson, 21, was on his way back to college after a Christmas visit.

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Family members said Eric Colin Henderson, 21, was on his way back to college after a Christmas visit.

NEWS COVERAGE. YOU CAN COME HOME. >> TONIGHT, A LOCAL FAMILY IS FACED WITH PLANNING A FUNERAL FOR A 21 YEAR-OLD COLLEGE BASKETBALL PLAYER. HE DIED A DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M CHRIS LOVINGOOD MICHELLE MACKONOCHIE LEAN AND DAN ARE OFF TONIGHT. 21 YEAR-OLD ERIC HENDERSON DIED WHEN HIS CAR CRASHED HEAD-ON WITH A PICKUP DRIVEN BY AN OFF-DUTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. >> IT WAS BREAKING NEWS DURING OUR NEWS LAST NIGHT WHEN THAT CRASH HAPPENED. WRAL, FAYETTEVILLE, REPORTER GILBERT BAYS SPOKE WITH HENDERSON IS FATHER AND AUNT WHO SAY THEIR FAMILY IS DEVASTATED. >> FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF 21 YEAR-OLD ERIC HENDERSON ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF A YOUNG MAN THEY SAY WAS A MENTOR, ATHLETE AND SCHOLAR. HE WAS A HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL STANDOUT ATLANTIC SHORES, CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN VIRGINIA. HE WAS ON THE DEAN'S LIST AND TRACK AND BASKETBALL STORY. LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE JUST OUTSIDE OF CHARLOTTE. HE WERE LIKE THE BIG BROTHER, MORE LIST TO ALL OF THESE ARE THE CAUSE IS, YOU KNOW, HE WAS REALLY THEIR HERO. >> BUT THEIR BIG BROTHER, THEY >> THE FAMILY DIDN'T EXPECT TO SEE HIM HOME OVER THE HOLIDAYS BECAUSE OF HIS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE. BOTH BECAME THE SEA IS ON. A SURPRISINGLY WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM. BUT, >> YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE COUPLE HOURS. WE LAUGH AND JOKE. AND THEN HE TOLD US THAT HE WAS HEADED BACK TO SCHOOL. THAT TRIP BACK TO SCHOOL PROVED DEADLY ACCORDING TO THE STATE HIGHWAY HENDERSON WAS HEADED WEST ON HIGHWAY 13 IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY. >> WHEN HIS CAR CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND RAN HEAD ON INTO A PICKUP TRUCK DRIVEN BY OFF DUTY. CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY. SO DELIVERING SOME CLARK. HE AND 2 OF HIS CHILDREN WERE IN THAT VEHICLE. THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS SPEED MAY BE A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT. HIS FAMILY THINKS FATIGUE MAY HAVE ALSO PLAYED A ROLE, THOUGH. HE HAD BEEN A LOT OF TRAVEL THAT THEY USUALLY, YOU KNOW, HIT WITH A FEE IS LEFT OF MOM SOUTH CAME TO US AND THEN LIVE FROM HERE AND THERE, THOUGH. >> YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE TIRED, THIS PICTURE OF HENDERSON AND HIS AUNT WAS TAKEN JUST 3 HOURS BEFORE THE FATAL ACCIDENT. NOW THE FAMILY IS SEARCHING FOR PEACE DURING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME. YOU JUST WANT TO HIS FAMILY. HE WAS SUCH A FAMILY PERSON. HE WAS ALWAYS SO MUCH AND WE LOOK TO. >> AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE TO GO IN. CUMBERLAND COUNTY, GILBERT BAYS, WRAL, NEWS. >> AND THE DEPUTY AND HIS 17 YEAR-OLD SON AND 11 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. THEY WERE TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS IT'S WAITING FOR TOXICOLOGY TESTS AND THE AUTOPSY TO DETERMINE IF ANY OTHER FACTORS CONTRIBUTED

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