VIDEO: The Winston-Salem police and fire departments were called to an explosion in a parking lot off University Parkway on Wednesday morning. According to Assistant Chief Andrew Gray, a coffee truck exploded just before 7:27 a.m., and four people who were in the truck were injured. The conditions of the victims were not provided. Gray said the WSPD bomb squad was already in the area for training and heard the explosion. It responded to provide aid to the victims. Additionally, 31 firefighters responded. Students and their families were arriving at Wake Forest University for move-in day on Wednesday morning. Maj. Jamie Herring of Wake Forest University police said families were contacted with a detour:
“Winston-Salem Police Department officers and first responders are at Joel Coliseum this morning tending to several individuals who suffered injuries in an explosion in a coffee food truck. No Wake Forest employees or students were injured. Wake Forest’s move-in day operations are continuing as scheduled, but traffic is being rerouted. Parents and students should enter the Coliseum parking lot by using Shorefair Drive to Deacon Boulevard and park in the Sierra Mist lot. All other entrances are closed.”
