The crash happened early Sunday morning off Varsity Drive.
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Raleigh police said a vehicle was traveling southeast on Varsity Drive and went to make a right turn on Crest Road.
That's when Ben DeRose reportedly ran across Crest Road and was hit.
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Police said there was no sidewalk there.
DeRose was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and later died.
Before going to NC State, DeRose graduated from Sanderson High.
A GoFundMe page in his honor has already raised more than $38,000. The site says that funds will be used to create a memorial scholarship with the NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.