CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Five people were killed and three others were injured in the crash on I-485 Inner Friday evening, Medic reports.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department reports that I-485 Inner at Oakdale Road to W.T. Harris Blvd was shutdown.
According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 7:51 p.m. Officials said 4 vehicles were involved in the crash.
Highway patrol reports a car was driving recklessly and at a high rate of speed on the outer loop behind a box truck.
Officials said the box truck was clipped by the car, swerved, went through the median/metal wire, and onto oncoming traffic on the inner loop.
Patrol said the box truck then struck two vehicles head-on. Officials said there were multiple fatalities in each of the two cars that were struck by the box truck.
The driver of the box truck and the driver of the vehicle that caused the crash were both transported to CMC main.
Charges are likely pending for the careless driver that caused the crash, pending interview and toxicology, the highway patrol said.
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