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.
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Off Campus: 911
On Campus: 336.758.5911
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