RALEIGH, N.C., June 27 (UPI) -- Former North Carolina State basketball hero Lorenzo Charles died Monday in a bus crash in Raleigh, N.C., authorities said.
Charles, 47, who clinched the Wolfpack's 1983 NCAA Championship with a game-winning dunk, was driving a tour bus that crashed into a stand of trees on Interstate 40, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported.
Rescuers were seen using special equipment to free at least one other person trapped inside the bus, the newspaper said.
The mishap caused traffic to be backed up and detoured off the freeway.
Charles' basket gave N.C. State a victory over the heavily-favored "Phi Slama Jama" Houston Cougars of Akeem Olajuwon and Clyde "The Glide" Drexler.
He was selected by Atlanta in the 1985 NBA draft and played one year for the Hawks before continuing his professional career in Europe.
