CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A fatal crash in west Charlotte left a 13-year-old girl dead on Tuesday.
According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol (NCSHP), the crash happened on Tuesday around 5:50 p.m. on the I-485 outer loop near mile marker 11, located just south of Moores Chapel Road in west Charlotte.
Investigators say a tractor-trailer was stopped in the exit lane due to heavy traffic when a white Chevy passenger car collided with the rear of the the tractor-trailer, crossed across lanes and crashed with a white pickup truck.
The right front passenger of the Chevy, a 13-year-old girl, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash. The driver of the vehicle was transported to a hospital with serious injuries.
No other injuries were reported. The crash shut down traffic in the area for nearly three hours.
This crash is under further investigation by the NCSHP.
More information will be released on this crash when it is available.
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